CVE-2002-1598 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflows in Computer Associates MLink (CA-MLink) 6.5 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) mlclear or (2) mllock.

Published: 2005-03-13

Score: 4.6 Medium

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:mlink:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1579	Buffer overflows in Computer Associates MLink (CA-MLink) 6.5 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) mlclear or (2) mllock.

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 0.00613.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.ca.com/pub/unicenter/mlink/mlink.13/MLINK13.README
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544995
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772915
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/266052
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4440
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4441
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8776

History

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Subscriptions

Broadcom Mlink

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:29.236Z

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

Link: CVE-2002-1598

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-04-05T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1598

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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