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CVE-2002-0816

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in su in Tru64 Unix 5.x allows local users to gain root privileges via a long username and argument.

Affected products

• Compaq Tru64: 4.0f, 4.0g, 5.0, 5.0a, 5.1, 5.1a

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2002-q3/0019.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102709593117171&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9640.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229867
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5272
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2002-q3/0019.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102709593117171&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9640.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229867
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5272

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