CVE-2002-2040

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The (1) phrafx and (2) phgrafx-startup programs in QNX realtime operating system (RTOS) 4.25 and 6.1.0 do not properly drop privileges before executing the system command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious crttrap program.

Metrics

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

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2002-2040: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix