CVE-2002-1594

Published: Jan 2, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

7.2

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Grpck: Grpck · Pwck: Pwck

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Grpck Grpck	All versions
Pwck Pwck	All versions

References (14)

http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100999352406822&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=vulnwatch&m=100998205010794&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds2/grpck.htm

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100999352406822&w=2