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CVE-2002-02461 exploit

Format string vulnerability in the message catalog library functions in UnixWare 7.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying t…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.0%
percentile 62%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Format string vulnerability in the message catalog library functions in UnixWare 7.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the LC_MESSAGE environment variable to read other message catalogs containing format strings from setuid programs such as vxprint.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.97% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21284 Caldera UnixWare 7.1.1 - Message Catalog Environment Variable Format String · local · 2002-02-07

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/255414 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/8113.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/4060 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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