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CVE-2002-0279

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0279 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the kernel of HP-UX 11.11, where improper argument handling for setrlimit can lead to a kernel panic and potential privilege escalation. This local attack has low complexity, with potential impacts including partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is old and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion, though no public exploits or Metasploit modules are available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5469
iss.net / security_center/static/8195.php
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/726187
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/4094