CVE-2002-0987

Caldera X Server 7.1/8.0 - External Program Privileged Invocation

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

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

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

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
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE 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