Vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux

CVE-2002-1606

Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allow local users to gain privileges via (1) lpc, (2) lpd, (3) lpq, (4) lpr, or (5) lprm.

Published 2002-08-30 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Hp-Ux — versions 10.20, 11.00, 11.04
HP Tru64 — versions 4.0f, 4.0g, 5.0a

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/557481 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
wwss1pro.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp (vendor-advisory)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/651377 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/293305 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/965097 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955065 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10016 (vdb-entry)