CVE-2002-0274 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Exim 3.34 and earlier may allow local users to gain privileges via a buffer overflow in long -C (configuration file) and other command line arguments.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00086.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
University Of Cambridge	Exim

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0271	Exim 3.34 and earlier may allow local users to gain privileges via a buffer overflow in long -C (configuration file) and other command line arguments.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362618118598&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8194.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-208.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4096
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0274

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0274

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0274 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0274

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:28.991Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0274

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-05-31T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0274

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2002-02-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-0274 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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