# CVE-2002-0572

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2002-0572
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.01
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Jun 11, 2002
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems, allows local users to write to or read from restricted files by closing the file descriptors 0 (standard input), 1 (standard output), or 2 (standard error), which may then be reused by a called setuid process that intended to perform I/O on normal files.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8920.php)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4568)
- [CNA](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/809347)
- [CNA](http://www.osvdb.org/6095)
- [CNA](http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0033.html)
- [CNA](ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.asc)
- [CNA](http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-072.shtml)
- [CNA](http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268970)
- [CNA](http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269102)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.28%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 50.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-17._