CVE-2002-1594

N/A Unknown
Published: January 02, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100999352406822&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=vulnwatch&m=100998205010794&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
39th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

grpck pwck