CVE-2002-2040

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) phrafx and (2) phgrafx-startup programs in QNX realtime operating system (RTOS) 4.25 and 6.1.0 do not properly drop privileges before executing the system command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious crttrap program.

Affected products

Qnx Rtos: 4.25, 6.1.0

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275218
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9257.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4915
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4916
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275218
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9257.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4915
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4916

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