CVE-2002-1594 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Published: 2005-03-13

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:grpck:grpck::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:pwck:pwck::::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1575	Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00174.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100999352406822&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vulnwatch&m=100998205010794&w=2
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds2/grpck.htm
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859

History

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Subscriptions

Grpck Grpck

Pwck Pwck

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-13T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:29.194Z

Reserved: 2005-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1594

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-01-02T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1594

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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