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CVE-2002-1621

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the file_comp function in rcp for IBM AIX 4.3.x and 5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 5.1

References

• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY26503&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY28698&apar=only
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/209363
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/SVIM-59FJVF
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY26503&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY28698&apar=only
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/209363
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/SVIM-59FJVF

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