CVE-2002-1253

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Abuse 2.00 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via command line arguments that specify alternate Lisp scripts that run at escalated privileges, which can contain functions that execute commands or modify files.

Affected products

Abuse: through 2.00

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0055.html
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/11.01.02.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11300.php
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0055.html
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/11.01.02.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11300.php

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