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CVE-2002-0293

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0293 describes a critical vulnerability in the FTP service of Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 systems, allowing the "halt" user to achieve root privileges by manipulating the root's .profile file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating high severity due to local access, high attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor readily available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4400CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alcatel-lucent:omnipcx:4400:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 14th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/8225