CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-0246
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-05-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Format string vulnerability in the message catalog library functions in UnixWare 7.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the LC_MESSAGE environment variable to read other message catalogs containing format strings from setuid programs such as vxprint.
Affected configurations
• caldera unixware 7.1.1
References
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/unixware/CSSA-2002-SCO.3/CSSA-2002-SCO.3.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255414 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8113.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4060 www.securityfocus.com
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/unixware/CSSA-2002-SCO.3/CSSA-2002-SCO.3.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255414 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8113.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4060 www.securityfocus.com