Vulnerability in Caldera Unixware
CVE-2002-0246
Format string vulnerability in the message catalog library functions in UnixWare 7.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the LC_MESSAGE environment variable to read other message catalogs containing format strings from setuid programs such as vxprint.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Caldera Unixware — versions 7.1.1
References
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255414 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8113.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4060 (vdb-entry)