HIGH
Buffer overflow in Century Software TERM allows local users to gain root privileges via a long tty argument to the callin program
Published May 3, 2002
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.96%
Description
Buffer overflow in Century Software TERM allows local users to gain root privileges via a long tty argument to the callin program.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.27.0869
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.96% 0.00964
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00964
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.96% (0.00964) | 60.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.96% (0.00964) | 56.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00131) | 30.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 74.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 53.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101477608215471&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/257731 mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8291.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4174 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101477608215471&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/257731 | mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8291.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4174 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 3, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 1, 2002
Link CVE-2002-0327
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a