CVE-2002-0991

Exp

Buffer overflows in the cifslogin command for HP CIFS/9000 Client A.01.06 and earlier, based on the Sharity package, allows local users to gain root privileges via long (1) -U, (2) -D, (3) -P, (4) -S, (5) -N, or (6) -u parameters.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0991 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.41%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0991

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21577 exploit_db edb 2002-11-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0991

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.86% 2.41% +1.56%
2 2025-07-13 0.66% 0.86% +0.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.66% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0991

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0991

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0991

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.05 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.06 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0991

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