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CVE-2002-1525

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1525 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the ASTAware SearchDisk engine, specifically impacting Sun ONE Starter Kit 2.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using "dot dot" sequences on ports 6015 or 6016, or by providing an absolute pathname to port 6017. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-21879) confirms the existence of public exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:astaware:searchdisc:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:sunone_starter_kit:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21879 · Sep 30, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0805 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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, 0.0 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

online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/293545
ExploitVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10225.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5828
ExploitVendor Advisory