CVE-2002-2221 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by manipulating the PATH environment variable to execute a malicious binary in chetcpasswd.

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-2002-2221?

CVE-2002-2221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Dec 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a modified PATH that references a malicious cp binary. NOTE: this issue might overlap CVE-2006-6639.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2221?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Chetcpasswd Chetcpasswd.

How do I fix CVE-2002-2221?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2221 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-2221 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2221 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mx83-g3r8-6vmg.

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