Vulnerability Details CVE-2002-0767
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.017
EPSS Ranking 81.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
Products affected by CVE-2002-0767
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cpe:2.3:a:richard_gooch:simpleinit:2.0.2