Vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux

CVE-2002-1609

Buffer overflow in binmail in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allows local users to gain privileges.

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: 0.006 (45.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · 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

wwss1pro.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp (vendor-advisory)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/602009 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10016 (vdb-entry)