CVE-2002-0210

TOLIS Group BRU 17.0 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0210. PoCs published by Andrew Griffiths.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a symbolic link attack against BRU backup software due to insecure temporary file creation in /tmp/brutest.$$ (where $$ is the process ID). It allows local privilege escalation or system file overwriting by pre-creating symlinks to target files.

Description

setlicense for TOLIS Group Backup and Restore Utility (BRU) 17.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/brutest.$$ temporary file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Andrew Griffiths · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21247

This exploit demonstrates a symbolic link attack against BRU backup software due to insecure temporary file creation in /tmp/brutest.$$ (where $$ is the process ID). It allows local privilege escalation or system file overwriting by pre-creating symlinks to target files.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: BRU (Tolis Group backup software)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · BRU software installed · Ability to predict or iterate over process IDs
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3970
Exploit, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252614
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8003.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0089
EPSS Percentile 54.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
tolis_group/bru 17.0
Published May 16, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026