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CVE-2002-0424

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

efingerd 1.61 and earlier, when configured without the -u option, executes .efingerd files as the efingerd user (typically "nobody"), which allows local users to gain privileges as the efingerd user by modifying their own .efingerd file and running finger.

Affected products

• Efingerd: 1.3, 1.6.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.html
• http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/efingerd/efingerd_1.6.2.tar.gz
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8381.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4240
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.html
• http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/efingerd/efingerd_1.6.2.tar.gz
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8381.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4240

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