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CVE-2002-2040

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 1.08%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2002-2040
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
1.08%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The (1) phrafx and (2) phgrafx-startup programs in QNX realtime operating system (RTOS) 4.25 and 6.1.0 do not properly drop privileges before executing the system command, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious crttrap program.