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CVE-2002-1520

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1520 describes a critical vulnerability in the CLI interface of WatchGuard Firebox Vclass 3.2 and earlier, and RSSA Appliance 3.0.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges by exploiting improper SSH connection closure when the -N option is used during authentication. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
500CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:rapidstream:rapidstream:500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:rapidstream:rapidstream:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:rapidstream:rapidstream:4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:rapidstream:rapidstream:6000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:rapidstream:rapidstream:8000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0277 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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/2002-09/0325.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0335.html
iss.net / security_center/static/10218.php
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 4831
securityfocus.com / bid/5815
PatchVendor Advisory