CVE-2002-1689
EXPLOITEDIBM AIX < 4.0 - Buffer Overflow via Excessive Environment Variables
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2002-1689 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
Unknown vulnerability in the login program on AIX before 4.0 could allow remote users to specify 100 or more environment variables when logging on, which exceeds the length of a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_aixapar
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0210
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2017-06-20
Status
published
Products (1)
ibm/aix
3.2.5
Published
Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026