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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-2040

CVE-2002-2040

Description

The (1) phrafx and (2) phgrafx-startup programs in QNX realtime operating system (RTOS) 4.25 and 6.1.0 do not properly drop privileges before executing the system command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious crttrap program.

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Affected products

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  • QNX/Rtos3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 4.25, 6.1.0

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