CVE-2002-1253

HIGH 7.2CVE-2002-1253 · Published 12/11/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1253 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting abuse (abuse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.51%, higher than 43.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
abuse abuse	`≤ 2.00`	No fix yet

Description

Abuse 2.00 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via command line arguments that specify alternate Lisp scripts that run at escalated privileges, which can contain functions that execute commands or modify files.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0055.html
idefense.com/advisory/11.01.02.txt · Exploit
iss.net/security_center/static/11300.php · Vendor Advisory

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