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CVE-2002-1608

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1608 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the traceroute utility within HP Tru64 UNIX versions 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring local access with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, though it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 3,048 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10016
wwss1pro.compaq.com / support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/629289
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