CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-0987
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-09-24
- 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
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.
Affected configurations
• caldera unixware 7.1.1
• caldera openunix 8.0
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.38 ftp.sco.com
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9976.php www.iss.net
- http://www.osvdb.org/5044 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5575 www.securityfocus.com
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.38 ftp.sco.com
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9976.php www.iss.net
- http://www.osvdb.org/5044 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5575 www.securityfocus.com