HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-0677

Unixware vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.6%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
CDE ToolTalk database server (ttdbserver) allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations with a zero, and possibly gain privileges, via a file descriptor argument in an AUTH_UNIX procedure call, which is used as a table index by the _TT_ISCLOSE procedure.
Affected vendor
Caldera
Affected product
Unixware
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2002-07-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Caldera Unixware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-0677.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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