CVE-2002-1500 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the mrinfo, mtrace, and pppd utilities in NetBSD versions 1.4.x through 1.6. This flaw allows local users to escalate privileges by manipulating file descriptor tables to create descriptors larger than FD_SETSIZE, which are then improperly handled by FD_SET(). With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that can lead to complete compromise of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:arm32:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.