CVE-2002-0817
Format string vulnerability in super for Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in super for Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
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
- 0.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.8% 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
- 2002-08-01
- 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
- 93a32d82b019e42ca6eb275231caf13572a5c628b8ca64d9a003956315d3ea63
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20020731 The SUPER Bughttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812622416695&w=2
- www.iss.netsuper-syslog-format-string(9741)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9741.php
- archives.neohapsis.com20020730 The SUPER Bughttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0045.html
- www.securityfocus.com5367http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5367
- www.debian.orgDSA-139http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-139
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- super Fixed in 3.18.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- super Fixed in 3.18.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- super Fixed in 3.18.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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