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CVE-2002-1253
Abuse 2.00 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via command line arguments that specify alternate Lisp scripts that run at…
High7.2EPSS 0.51%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Abuse 2.00 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via command line arguments that specify alternate Lisp scripts that run at escalated privileges, which can contain functions that execute commands or modify files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/11.01.02.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- abuse-lisp-gain-privileges(11300) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20021101 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 11.01.02: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Abuse (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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