01 Record
CVE-2002-0766
OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) and gain root privileges by filling the kernel's file descriptor table and closing file descriptors 0, 1,
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) and gain root privileges by filling the kernel's file descriptor table and closing file descriptors 0, 1,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-04-02 05:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-07-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 44e120861af98d0697fc474d9b3a78be57106e994dcecc7954de485b46fc8acd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- online.securityfocus.com20020509 OpenBSD local DoS and root exploithttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271702
- www.iss.netopenbsd-file-descriptor-dos(9048)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9048.php
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#314963http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/314963
- www.osvdb.org5715http://www.osvdb.org/5715
- www.securityfocus.com4708http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4708
- www.osvdb.org5114http://www.osvdb.org/5114
- www.openbsd.org20020508 003: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#fdalloc2