First published: Tue Dec 31 2002(Updated: )
sastcpd in SAS/Base 8.0 might allow local users to gain privileges by setting the netencralg environment variable, which causes a segmentation fault.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
SAS Integration Technologies | =8.0 | |
SAS Base | =8.0 |
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CVE-2002-2018 is considered a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2002-2018, you should unset the netencralg environment variable or apply any available patches from SAS.
CVE-2002-2018 affects local users of SAS/Base and SAS Integration Technologies version 8.0.
An attacker could exploit CVE-2002-2018 by setting the netencralg environment variable, causing a segmentation fault.
CVE-2002-2018 was published in 2002.