{
    "id": "CVE-2002-0767",
    "published": "2002-08-12 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:58:05",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.",
    "epss_score": "0.01439",
    "epss_percentile": "0.72442",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "richard_gooch",
            "product": "simpleinit"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21538",
            "title": "Richard Gooch SimpleInit 2.0.2 - Open File Descriptor",
            "date": "2002-06-12",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21538"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276739",
        "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9357.php",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001",
        "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276739",
        "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9357.php",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001"
    ]
}