CVE-ID

CVE-2002-0767

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Description
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20020725 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20020726)
Votes (Legacy)
NOOP(5) Armstrong, Cole, Cox, Foat, Wall
Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
20020726
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