CVE-2002-0991

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

2.41% (84th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Buffer overflows in the cifslogin command for HP CIFS/9000 Client A.01.06 and earlier, based on the Sharity package, allows local users to gain root privileges via long (1) -U, (2) -D, (3) -P, (4) -S, (5) -N, or (6) -u parameters.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-120USLLM-inferredCWE-264USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-21577HP CIFS/9000 Server A.01.05/A.01.06 - Local Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
alt3kx/CVE-2002-0991Buffer overflows in the cifslogin command for HP CIFS/9000 Client A.01.06 and earlierPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
hp cifs-9000 server= a.01.05nvdUScpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000 server= a.01.06nvdUScpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2002-10-04modified 2026-06-16

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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