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$ cve CVE-2002-1605 JSON

CVE-2002-1605 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.3% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflow in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable to (1) dxpause, (2) dxconsole, or (3) dtsession.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS13.32% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2002-09-02
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
hphp-ux
hptru64

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbHP Tru64 4.0/5.0/5.1 - _XKB_CHARSET Local Buffer Overflow2002-07-10

References

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