CVE-2002-1617

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.x allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long -contextDir argument to dtaction, (2) a long -p argument to dtprintinfo, (3) a long -customization argument to dxterm, or (4) a long DISPLAY environment variable to dtterm.

Affected products

HP Tru64: 5.1b_pk2_bl22

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://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_dtaction.txt
http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_dtprintinfo.txt
http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_dtterm.txt
http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_dxterm.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202939
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600699
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836275
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/931579

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