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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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 records are not available for this CVE.