CVE-2002-2180 describes a vulnerability in the setitimer(2) system call within OpenBSD versions 2.0 through 3.1. This flaw allows local authenticated users to write to kernel memory, potentially leading to root privilege escalation, possibly due to an integer signedness error. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates a high severity local attack requiring authentication, with complete impact on 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 vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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