VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-0817
Format string vulnerability in super for Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.76%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in super for Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.76% probability · 53th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- william deich/super
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0045.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812622416695&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-139Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9741.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5367
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0045.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812622416695&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-139Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9741.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5367
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.