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CVE-2002-1606

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1606 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in HP Tru64 UNIX versions 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f, affecting various printer-related utilities such as lpc, lpd, lpq, lpr, and lprm. These flaws allow local users to gain elevated privileges on vulnerable systems. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. However, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, primarily on GitHub.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10016
wwss1pro.compaq.com / support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/293305
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/557481
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/651377
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/955065
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/965097
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource