CVE-2002-0557

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Vulnerability in OpenBSD 3.0, when using YP with netgroups in the password database, causes (1) rexec or (2) rsh to run another user's shell, or (3) atrun to change to a different user's directory, possibly due to memory allocation failures or an incorrect call to auth_approval().

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 3, 2002
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2002-0557: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix