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CVE-2002-1594 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setu)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2002-1594
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-01-02
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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