CVE-2002-1789

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in newsx NNTP client before 1.4.8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a call to the syslog function.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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