CVE-2002-2040

View on CVE.org

Published Jul 14, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:4.25:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.1.0:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2019	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.083% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275218
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9257.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4915
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4916

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Qnx Rtos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:57 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 14, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:57 AM
Reserved: Jul 14, 2005, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:00 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2002, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:00 PM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2005-07-14T04:00:00.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "4916", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4916"}, {"name": "4915", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4915"}, {"name": "20020603 QNX", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275218"}, {"name": "qnx-rtos-phgrafx-privileges(9257)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9257.php"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2002-2040", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "4916", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4916"}, {"name": "4915", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4915"}, {"name": "20020603 QNX", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275218"}, {"name": "qnx-rtos-phgrafx-privileges(9257)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9257.php"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T03:51:17.607Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "4916", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4916"}, {"name": "4915", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4915"}, {"name": "20020603 QNX", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275218"}, {"name": "qnx-rtos-phgrafx-privileges(9257)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9257.php"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2002-2040", "datePublished": "2005-07-14T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2005-07-14T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-17T02:57:59.324Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "F05ACD69-8EEF-4D6B-A825-92051DFE9C4D", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "C37EB0A5-8A16-42A1-B229-BB223AAF9AA7", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "id": "CVE-2002-2040", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:00:32.487", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 7.2, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": true, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2002-12-31T05:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275218"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9257.php"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4915"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4916"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/275218"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9257.php"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4915"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4916"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}