CVE-2002-0766
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Description
OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) and gain root privileges by filling the kernel's file descriptor table and closing file descriptors 0, 1, or 2 before executing a privileged process, which is not properly handled when OpenBSD fails to open an alternate descriptor.
Affected Products
3| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.9
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
3.0
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
3.1
|
References
Weakness Types
NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Information
- CVE ID:
CVE-2002-0766- Published:
- 2002-08-12
- Modified:
- 2026-04-16
- CVSS Score:
- 7.2
- Severity:
- HIGH
- Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected Vendors
openbsd
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CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9
LOW
4.0 - 6.9
MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9
HIGH
9.0 - 10.0
CRITICAL