CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-1594

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in grpck and pwck, if installed setuid on a system, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Risk Assessment

Local users may exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to remove the setuid setting for grpck and pwck or apply appropriate security patches.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS