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CVE-2002-1998

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in rpc.cmsd in SCO UnixWare 7.1.1 and Open UNIX 8.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long parameter to rtable_create (procedure 21).

Affected products

• Sco Open Unix: 8.0.0
• Sco Unixware: 7.1.1

References

• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2002-01/0127.html
• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2002-01/0129.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8597.php
• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2002-01/0127.html
• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2002-01/0129.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8597.php

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