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CVE-2002-2040

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2002-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Qnx Rtos

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References