CVE-2002-1239

Exp

QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.2.0 uses the PATH environment variable to find and execute the cp program while operating at raised privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a malicious cp program.

Published: 2002-11-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1239 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.90%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1239

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22002 exploit_db edb 2002-11-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1239

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 0.40% 0.90% +0.51%
2 2025-12-05 0.13% 0.40% +0.26%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1239

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-2002-1239

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1239

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qnx rtos 6.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1239

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