CVE-2002-2221 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2002-2221

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.4.1...

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that references a malicious cp binary. NOTE: this issue might overlap CVE-2006-6639.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

chetcpasswd

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Affected Software

chetcpasswd
Vulnerable Versions:
2.3.1, 2.3.3, 2.4.1

Timeline

Official Publish: December 21st, 2006
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.