CVE-2002-2407

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Certain patches for QNX Neutrino realtime operating system (RTOS) 6.2.0 set insecure permissions for the files (1) /sbin/io-audio by OS Update Patch A, (2) /bin/shutdown, (3) /sbin/fs-pkg, and (4) phshutdown by QNX experimental patches, (5) cpim, (6) vpim, (7) phrelaycfg, and (8) columns, (9) othello, (10) peg, (11) solitaire, and (12) vpoker in the games pack 2.0.3, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the files before permissions are changed.

Affected products

Qnx Rtos: 6.2, 6.2a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0255.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10656.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6206
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0255.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10656.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6206

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