PT-2002-2739 · Sas · Sas/Base

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-2018

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SAS/Base version 8.0

Description The issue allows local users to potentially gain privileges. This is achieved by setting the netencralg environment variable, which causes a segmentation fault.

Recommendations For SAS/Base version 8.0, avoid using the netencralg environment variable to prevent potential privilege escalation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the environment variable setting until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2018

Affected Products

Sas/Base

References · 5

• http://sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004201.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2018 · Security Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/253183 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3995 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1003406 · Note