CVE-2002-1607 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ypmatch utility within HP Tru64 UNIX versions 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code with potentially high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers. Despite this, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and has received no media coverage.
| 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.