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CVE-2002-0489

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0489 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in version 1.0 of the Linux Directory Penguin NsLookup CGI script (nslookup.pl). Attackers can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'query' or 'type' parameters. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence or active exploitation has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100 indicates significant potential danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux_directory_penguin:nslookup:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0583 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

marc.info
iss.net / security_center/static/8601.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4353
Vendor Advisory