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CVE-2002-1472
Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root…
High7.2EPSS 0.37%
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- mitre
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified LD_PRELOAD environment variable that points to a malicious module.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- RHSA-2003:067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- xfree86-x11-program-execution(10137) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2002:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 5735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CLA-2002:529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 11922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .