CVE-2002-0040 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit the HOSTALIASES variable to crash privileged applications and potentially gain elevated privileges on SGI IRIX systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-0040?
CVE-2002-0040 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 25 Jun 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0040?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0040?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0040 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2002-0040 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0040 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6fh-4pr6-x9m4.