CVE-2002-0767
HighPublished
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause...
- Published
- Jul 26, 2002
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jun 12, 2002
Primary CVSS
7.2/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C1.4%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 71.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
Sources
1Patrick Smith · linux · Jun 12, 2002
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