CVE-2002-2221 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2006-12-21

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2200	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/23024
http://securitytracker.com/id?1005847
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21644

History

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Subscriptions

Chetcpasswd Chetcpasswd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-21T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:39:19.827Z

Reserved: 2006-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2221

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-2221

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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