CVE-2002-0165: Logwatch

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

LogWatch 2.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0162.

Affected products

• Logwatch Logwatch: version 2.5 only

Published 2002-04-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.