CVE-2002-1616

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allow local users to gain root privileges via (1) su, (2) chsh, (3) passwd, (4) chfn, (5) dxchpwd, and (6) libc.

Affected products

HP Tru64: 4.0f, 4.0g, 5.0a, 5.1, 5.1af

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2002-q3/0019.html
http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_su.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/137555
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/177067
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/193347
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/671627
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/864083
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/290115

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