CVE-2002-1503

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Automatic File Distributor (AFD) 1.2.14 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long MON_WORK_DIR environment variable or -w (workdir) argument to (1) afd, (2) afdcmd, (3) afd_ctrl, (4) init_afd, (5) mafd, (6) mon_ctrl, (7) show_olog, or (8) udc.

Affected products

Afd: 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5 (+9)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0029.html
http://www.dwd.de/AFD/txt/CHANGES
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10036.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5626
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0029.html
http://www.dwd.de/AFD/txt/CHANGES
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10036.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5626

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