CVE-2002-0767

Published Aug 12, 2002

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description: simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:richard_gooch:simpleinit:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "EF1AF792-0B62-430C-BB35-46C2423E69CB"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References