CVE-2002-0040 in IRIX

Summary

Vulnerability in SGI IRIX 6.5.11 through 6.5.15f allows local users to cause privileged applications to dump core via the HOSTALIASES environment variable, which might allow the users to gain privileges.

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• Disclosure: 03/28/2002
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-18046 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-269 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00065
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0040
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0040
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2002-0040/