Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0246

Title: UnixWare message catalog format string vulnerability

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-0246

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 29, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.98%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0246: Format string vulnerability in the message catalog library functions in UnixWare 7.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the LC_MESSAGE environment variable to read other message catalogs containing format strings from setuid programs such as vxprint.

Impacted Vendors

caldera 1

novell 1

Reference Links

ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/unixware/CSSA-2002-SCO.3/CSSA-2002-SCO.3.txt http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255414 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8113.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4060 ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/unixware/CSSA-2002-SCO.3/CSSA-2002-SCO.3.txt http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255414 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8113.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4060

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0246 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21284

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 29, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.