CVE-2002-0987

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0987
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-09-24 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-10 19:13:00 UTC
DescriptionX server (Xsco) in OpenUNIX 8.0.0 and UnixWare 7.1.1 does not drop privileges before calling programs such as xkbcomp using popen, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Caldera Openunix 8.0 All All All
Operating System Caldera Openunix 8.0 All All All
Application Caldera Unixware 7.1.1 All All All
Application Caldera Unixware 7.1.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: openunix-unixware-xsco-privileges (9976): Caldera OpenUnix and UnixWare /usr/X/bin/Xsco fails to drop privileges XF www.iss.net
5044 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
CSSA-2002-SCO.38 CALDERA ftp.sco.com
Caldera X Server External Program Privileged Invocation Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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