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CVE-2002-0816

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0816 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'su' utility within Tru64 Unix 5.x, allowing local users to achieve root privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a critical risk due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 3,235 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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/tru64/2002-q3/0019.html
marc.info
iss.net / security_center/static/9640.php
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/229867
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/5272