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CVE-2002-1959

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1959 describes a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting Nagios versions 1.0b1 through 1.0b3, where attackers can inject shell metacharacters into plugin output. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0_b1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:1.0_b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0_b2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:1.0_b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0_b3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:1.0_b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0388 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

iss.net / security_center/static/9508.php
Patch
nagios.org / changelog.php
securityfocus.com / bid/5174
Patch