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CVE-2002-1250

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1250 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Abuse 2.00 and earlier, allowing local users to gain root privileges by supplying a long -net command line argument. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is a high-severity flaw requiring local access with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:abuse:abuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21980 · Nov 1, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0055.html
idefense.com / advisory/11.01.02.txt
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10519.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/6094