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CVE-2002-1282

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1282 describes an unknown vulnerability within the telnet KIO subsystem (telnet.protocol) of KDE 2.x, specifically versions 2.1 and later. This flaw allows both local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating a specific URL. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0444 is in the 83rd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

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-2002-1282Important

security flaw

Nov 11, 2002

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-012.0.txt
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/8298
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-204
iss.net / security_center/static/10603.php
Vendor Advisory
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20021111-1.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-079.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/6182
PatchVendor Advisory