01 Record
CVE-2002-2180
The setitimer(2) system call in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.1 does not properly check certain arguments, which allows local users to write to kernel memory and possibly gain root privileges, possibly via an
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The setitimer(2) system call in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.1 does not properly check certain arguments, which allows local users to write to kernel memory and possibly gain root privileges, possibly via an
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
- 0.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 49.2% 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
- 2005-11-16 21:17Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 18:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-16
- 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
- 2259c297537dce74ef7679e0a6526b43a965f4be3e2e5b670d91ed2d721ed30a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- ftp.openbsd.orgftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch
- www.openbsd.org20021002 Incorrect argument checking in the setitimer(2) system call may allow an attacker to write to kernel memory.http://www.openbsd.org/plus32.html
- www.iss.netopenbsd-setitimer-memory-overwrite(10278)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10278.php
- www.securityfocus.com5861http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5861