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CVE-2002-1604
Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX allow local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long NLSPATH…
High7.5EPSS 15.0%
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- mitre
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX allow local and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long NLSPATH environment variable to (1) csh, (2) dtsession, (3) dxsysinfo, (4) imapd, (5) inc, (6) uucp, (7) uux, (8) rdist, or (9) deliver.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.0% · top 3.3% 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 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- VU#584243 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#567963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- SSRT2275 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 20020919 iDEFENSE OSF1/Tru64 3.x vuln clarification (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#846307 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#437899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#531355 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#158499 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#448987 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#416427 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 5647 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- tru64-multiple-binaries-bo(10016) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020902 Happy Labor Day from Snosoft (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_nlspath.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#592515 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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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