Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-1594 - Local Security vulnerability in Grpck

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
grpck
pwck

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Grpck
1
Application
Pwck
1