Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0246 - Unspecified vulnerability in Caldera Unixware 7.1.1
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Format string vulnerability in the message catalog library functions in UnixWare 7.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the LC_MESSAGE environment variable to read other message catalogs containing format strings from setuid programs such as vxprint.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Caldera UnixWare 7.1.1 Message Catalog Environment Variable Format String Vulnerability. CVE-2002-0246. Local exploit for unixware platform |
| id | EDB-ID:21284 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 2002-02-07 |
| published | 2002-02-07 |
| reporter | jGgM |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/21284/ |
| title | Caldera UnixWare 7.1.1 Message Catalog Environment Variable Format String Vulnerability |