HIGH
Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument
Published Mar 13, 2005
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.97%
Description
Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.
Affected products
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.
0.97% 0.00965
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00965
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 | 0.97% (0.00965) | 60.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.97% (0.00965) | 56.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 31.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 5.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100999352406822&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
- http://marc.info/?l=vulnwatch&m=100998205010794&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
- http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds2/grpck.htm x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100999352406822&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV | |
| http://marc.info/?l=vulnwatch&m=100998205010794&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH | |
| http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds2/grpck.htm | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 13, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Mar 13, 2005
Link CVE-2002-1594
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a