Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2002-1472
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.37%
Original Filing — NVD Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified LD_PRELOAD environment variable that points to a malicious module.