# CVE-2002-1233

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2002-1233
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.01
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Oct 25, 2002
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

A regression error in the Debian distributions of the apache-ssl package (before 1.3.9 on Debian 2.2, and before 1.3.26 on Debian 3.0), for Apache 1.3.27 and earlier, allows local users to read or modify the Apache password file via a symlink attack on temporary files when the administrator runs (1) htpasswd or (2) htdigest, a re-introduction of a vulnerability that was originally identified and addressed by CVE-2001-0131.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-188)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5990)
- [CNA](http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-187)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5981)
- [CNA](http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-195)
- [CNA](http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10413.php)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103480856102007&w=2)
- [CNA](http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10412.php)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.13%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 32.7

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