CVE-2002-1616
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allow local users to gain root privileges via (1) su, (2) chsh, (3) passwd, (4) chfn, (5) dxchpwd, and (6) libc.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2002-1597)
- Published
- August 1, 2002
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2002-1597 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Hewlett-Packard Tru64 UNIX V5.1A - Hewlett-Packard Company - Common Criteria CRP199 - archived
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2002-q3/0019.html
- http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_su.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/137555(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/177067(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/193347(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/671627(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/864083(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/290115(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5379(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5380(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5381(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5382(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10614
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11620
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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