Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 2, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2002-1594

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

Grpck/Grpck
cpe:2.3:a:grpck:grpck:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Pwck/Pwck
cpe:2.3:a:pwck:pwck:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
marc.infonvd
marc.infonvd
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds2/grpck.htmnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859nvd

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