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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.