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CVE-2002-0130

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0130 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in efax version 0.9 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by supplying an overly long -x argument, provided efax is installed setuid root. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a critical impact with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring only local access and low attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:efax:efax:0.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:efax:efax:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:efax:efax:0.9a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 56th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 efax on CBL Mariner 2.0
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19636-16823

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2002-Mar/CVE-2002-0130Important

Buffer overflow in efax 0.9 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -x argument.

Mar 2, 2002

References

marc.info
seclists.org / bugtraq/2002/Jan/0212.html
iss.net / security_center/static/7920.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3894