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CVE-2002-1472

Published: Sep 1, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
xfree86 project
oss-projectaka xfree86 x, xfree86, x11r6
x11r6On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-287.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/suse/2002-q3/1116.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000529
distro.conectiva.com.br
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