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CVE-2002-0767

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.

Affected products

• Richard Gooch Simpleinit: 2.0.2

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276739
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9357.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276739
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9357.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001

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