CVE-2002-0817: William Deich Super

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in super for Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

• William Deich Super: version 3.12 only; version 3.16 only; version 3.17 only; version 3.18 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.