Vulnerability in Afd

CVE-2002-1503

Buffer overflow in Automatic File Distributor (AFD) 1.2.14 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long MON_WORK_DIR environment variable or -w (workdir) argument to (1) afd, (2) afdcmd, (3) afd_ctrl, (4) init_afd, (5) mafd, (6) mon_ctrl, (7) show_olog, or (8) udc.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Afd — versions 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Patch)