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CVE-2002-0940

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0940 describes a vulnerability in nCipher MSCAPI CSP versions 5.50 and 5.54, where the domesticinstall.exe program fails to utilize Operator Card Set protected keys as requested by the user if the card set hasn't been generated, leading to a lower-than-expected security level (module protection only). This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and potential for partial impact 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:mscapi_csp:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.54CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:mscapi_csp:5.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 3,048 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0103.html
online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/277241
securityfocus.com / bid/4729