CVE-2002-1979 describes a firewall bypass vulnerability affecting WatchGuard SOHO products (firmware 5.1.6 and earlier) and Vclass/RSSA (3.2 SP1 and earlier). Remote attackers can exploit this by embedding a PASV command string within another FTP command, tricking the firewall into misinterpreting the server's response as a legitimate PASV command. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.2_sp1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:legacy_rssa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:soho:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.2_sp1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:vclass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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