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CVE-2002-0093

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0093 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'ipcs' utility within HP Tru64 UNIX versions 4.0f through 5.1a. This flaw allows an unauthenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high-severity risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0fCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0gCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/compaq/2002-q3/0010.html
iss.net / security_center/static/9613.php
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/771155
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/5241
PatchVendor Advisory