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CVE-2002-0096

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0096 describes a vulnerability in Geeklog 1.3 where an improperly deleted group_assignments record leads to the first new user being automatically added to the GroupAdmin and UserAdmin groups, granting unintended administrative privileges. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geeklog:geeklog:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 3,235 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 0.5 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

geeklog.sourceforge.net / index.php
iss.net / security_center/static/7780.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/248367
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3783
PatchVendor Advisory