CVE-2002-0171

CVE-2002-0171 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in SGI IRISconsole 2.0, where users can log into the icadmin account with an incorrect password. This flaw carries a CVSS v2 score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.