CVE-2002-0991 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the cifslogin command of HP CIFS/9000 Client A.01.06 and earlier, impacting the HP CIFS/9000 server product. This vulnerability allows local users to achieve root privileges by supplying excessively long parameters to the cifslogin command. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it presents a high severity risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability from a local attack. While not currently on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
a.01.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
a.01.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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