CVE-2002-1792 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Fake Identd versions 0.9 through 1.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a specially crafted, long request split across multiple packets. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-21663) is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fake_identd:fake_identd:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fake_identd:fake_identd:0.9b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fake_identd:fake_identd:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fake_identd:fake_identd:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fake_identd:fake_identd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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