CVE-2002-2180

Published Dec 31, 2002

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description
The setitimer(2) system call in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.1 does not properly check certain arguments, which allows local users to write to kernel memory and possibly gain root privileges, possibly via an integer signedness error.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
3.1
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

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