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High
CVE-2002-1594
Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857
- http://marc.info/?l=vulnwatch&m=100998205010794&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859
- http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds2/grpck.htm
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100999352406822&w=2
Affected Vendor
grpck
View all reports →Affected Software
grpck, pwck
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 13th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.