CVE-2002-1513

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The UCX POP server in HP TCP/IP services for OpenVMS 4.2 through 5.3 allows local users to truncate arbitrary files via the -logfile command line option, which overrides file system permissions because the server runs with the SYSPRV and BYPASS privileges.

Affected products

Compaq Tcp-Ip Services: 4.2, 5.0a, 5.1, 5.3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0010.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/compaq/2002-q4/0000.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/293070
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10236.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5790
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0010.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/compaq/2002-q4/0000.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/293070
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10236.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5790

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