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CVE-2002-0774

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0774 describes a critical vulnerability in Hosting Controller where a default 'AdvWebadmin' user account is created with a default password. This allows remote attackers to easily gain full administrative privileges if the password remains unchanged. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and complete 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hosting_controller:hosting_controller:1.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0272 is in the 72nd 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0168.html
Vendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/9131.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4779
PatchVendor Advisory