CVE-2002-0816

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0816
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-08-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in su in Tru64 Unix 5.x allows local users to gain root privileges via a long username and argument.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0f All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 4.0g All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.0a All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1 All All All
Operating System Compaq Tru64 5.1a All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Tru64 SU Command Line Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'tru64 proof of concept /bin/su non-exec bypass' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISS X-Force Database: tru64-su-bo (9640): HP Tru64 UNIX /bin/su buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
Neohapsis Archives - Compaq Tru64 - [Bulletin] SSRT2257 HP Tru64 UNIX /usr/bin/su buffer overflow potential exploit - From Rich.Boren_at_hp.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#229867 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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