VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-1616

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability3.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-08-01
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allow local users to gain root privileges via (1) su, (2) chsh, (3) passwd, (4) chfn, (5) dxchpwd, and (6) libc.

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