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CVE-2002-2221 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23024 CVEVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1005847 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21644 CVEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23024 [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1005847 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
chetcpasswd chetcpasswd
2.3.1
2.3.3
2.4.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd:chetcpasswd:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd:chetcpasswd:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:chetcpasswd:chetcpasswd:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-2221
NVD Published Date:
Dec 31, 2002
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]