CVE-2002-0197 describes a spoofing vulnerability in psyBNC 2.3 beta and earlier versions. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending messages prefixed with "[B]", causing them to appear as legitimate, encrypted, and trusted communications. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:psychoid:psybnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.