VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-1594
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.97%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.97% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- grpck/grpck · pwck/pwck
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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/121891Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859
- 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/121891Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.