Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 2, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1594
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.
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References
7- 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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