CVE-2002-0705 describes a critical vulnerability in SurfControl SuperScout WebFilter's Web Reports Server, where the "scwebusers" username and password file is exposed in a web-accessible directory. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to download the file, gaining valid usernames and enabling password cracking attempts. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:surfcontrol:superscout_web_filter:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:surfcontrol:superscout_web_filter:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:surfcontrol:web_filter:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:surfcontrol:web_filter:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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 records are not available for this CVE.