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CVE-2002-0827

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0827 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting pppd in Caldera UnixWare 7.1.1 and Open UNIX 8.0.0, allowing local users to gain root access through either ppptalk or ppp. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caldera:unixware:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openunix:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 3,237 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

ftp.caldera.com / pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.27/CSSA-2002-SCO.27.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/9380.php
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/5051
Patch