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    CVE-2002-2180

    The setitimer(2) system call in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.1 does not properly check certain arguments, which allows local users to write to kernel memory and possibly gain root privileges, possibly via an integer signedness error.

    Published:Dec 31, 2002
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Nov 16, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00144
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Openbsd
    Product
    Openbsd

    Exploits

    http://www.openbsd.org/plus32.htmlhttp://www.openbsd.org/plus32.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High