CVE-2002-0987

Caldera X Server 7.1/8.0 - External Program Privileged Invocation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

X server (Xsco) in OpenUNIX 8.0.0 and UnixWare 7.1.1 does not drop privileges before calling programs such as xkbcomp using popen, which could allow local users to gain privileges.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-08-26 CVE Reserved
2002-08-27 First Exploit
2002-09-24 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9976.php	Vdb Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/5044	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5575	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21758	2002-08-27

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.38	2008-09-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Unixware Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Unixware"				7.1.1 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Unixware" and version "7.1.1"		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openunix Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openunix"				8.0 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openunix" and version "8.0"		-		Affected