Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2002-1594 is a local privilege escalation issue in grpck and pwck when those utilities are installed setuid. A local user may be able to abuse an oversized command-line argument to gain higher privileges. The public record does not identify affected versions or a confirmed patch. Likely limited to legacy Unix/AIX-like systems where grpck or pwck are present and marked setuid. Systems without local untrusted users or without setuid permissions on these utilities have lower exposure based on the supplied description. Treat as a legacy-system hardening issue. It is not evidence of active remote compromise, but it can increase the impact of any local account breach on affected systems. Mitigation focus: Check vendor guidance for supported AIX or Unix releases.; Inventory grpck and pwck on legacy systems.; Remove setuid permissions where vendor guidance allows..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- grpck-command-line-bo(7857)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- pwck-command-line-bo(7859)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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