Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0827

Title: UnixWare pppd local root privilege escalation

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0827.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 12, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0827: Vulnerability in pppd on UnixWare 7.1.1 and Open UNIX 8.0.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via (1) ppptalk or (2) ppp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0824.

Impacted Vendors

novell 1

caldera 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.27/CSSA-2002-SCO.27.txt http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9380.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5051 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.27/CSSA-2002-SCO.27.txt http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9380.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5051

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-2002-0827 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 12, 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.