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CVE-2002-0970

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0970 describes a vulnerability in the SSL implementation of Konqueror in KDE 3.0.2 and earlier versions. The flaw allows remote attackers to spoof trusted website certificates through a man-in-the-middle attack because the browser fails to properly verify Basic Constraints for intermediate CA-signed certificates. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0970Important

security flaw

Aug 12, 2002

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-047.0.txt
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0170.html
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/9776
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-155
PatchVendor Advisory
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20020818-1.txt
mandrakesoft.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-221.html
securityfocus.com / bid/5410
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory