# CVE-2002-0086: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain root privileges via a buffer overflow in Lotus Domino on Linux using long environment variables.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2002
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h47f-59w9-ghf7

## What is CVE-2002-0086?

CVE-2002-0086 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 7 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Buffer overflow in bindsock in Lotus Domino 5.0.4 and 5.0.7 on Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) Notes_ExecDirectory or (2) PATH environment variable.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0086?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Lotus Domino.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-0086?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0086 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2002-0086 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Lotus Domino

- [CVE-2011-1519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1519/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0913/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0914/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0915/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0916/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-0086 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-0086 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 7 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Lotus Domino. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0086/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0086/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0086
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0086
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-0086

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0086/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.