CVE-2025-71263
In UNIX Fourth Research Edition (v4), the su command is vulnerable to a buffer overflow due to the 'password' variable having a fixed size of 100 bytes. A local user can exploit this to gain root privileges. It is unlikely that UNIX v4 is running anywhere outside of a very small number of lab environments. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Published:Mar 13, 2026
Last Modified:Jun 11, 2026
EPS:Mar 13, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00006
CVSS Score:7.4
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
At&t Bell Labs
Product
Unix
At&t Bell Labs
Unix
Vendor
Opengroup
Product
Unix
Opengroup
Unix
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
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
