CVE-2002-0817 describes a format string vulnerability in William Deich's super utility for Linux. This flaw allows local users to achieve root privileges by supplying a specially crafted, long command-line argument. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog and with no recorded active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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