Description
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
Published: 2002-07-26
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0759 simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
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Richard Gooch Simpleinit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:48.747Z

Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0767

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Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0767

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