CVE-2002-0706 describes a critical vulnerability in SurfControl SuperScout WebFilter's UserManager.js, where administrator functions utilize weak, hard-coded encryption, allowing remote attackers to decrypt administrative passwords. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:surfcontrol:superscout_web_filter:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:surfcontrol:superscout_web_filter:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:surfcontrol:web_filter:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:surfcontrol:web_filter:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.