CVE-2002-0211

Tarantella Enterprise <3.20 - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-0211. PoCs published by Larry Cashdollar.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a race condition in Tarantella Enterprise 3 installation, where a root-owned binary in /tmp can be overwritten by a local user. The script continuously monitors for the creation of the vulnerable binary and replaces it with a malicious script to gain root privileges.

Description

Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the program before it is executed.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Larry Cashdollar · perllocalunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21244

This exploit targets a race condition in Tarantella Enterprise 3 installation, where a root-owned binary in /tmp can be overwritten by a local user. The script continuously monitors for the creation of the vulnerable binary and replaces it with a malicious script to gain root privileges.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: Tarantella Enterprise 3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Privileged user installing Tarantella Enterprise 3
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3966
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101208650722179&w=2
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265845
Patch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed x_refsource_confirm
http://www.tarantella.com/security/bulletin-04.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7996.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0089
EPSS Percentile 54.7%

Details

Status published
Products (5)
tarantella/tarantella_enterprise 3.3.0
tarantella/tarantella_enterprise 3.3.0.1
tarantella/tarantella_enterprise 3.3.10
tarantella/tarantella_enterprise 3.3.11
tarantella/tarantella_enterprise 3.3.20
Published May 16, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026