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CVE-2002-0991

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in the cifslogin command for HP CIFS/9000 Client A.01.06 and earlier, based on the Sharity package, allows local users to gain root privileges via long (1) -U, (2) -D, (3) -P, (4) -S, (5) -N, or (6) -u parameters.

Affected products

• HP Cifs-9000 Server: a.01.05, a.01.06

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0300.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2002-q3/0016.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9431.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5088
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0300.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2002-q3/0016.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9431.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5088

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