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CVE-2002-2092

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2092 describes a race condition within the exec function in OpenBSD 4.0 and earlier, NetBSD 1.5.2 and earlier, and FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain privileges by attaching a debugger to a process before the kernel can properly identify it as setuid or setgid. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.7, indicating low severity with high attack complexity, but potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.7LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:08.exec.asc
Vendor Advisory
ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-001.txt.asc
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7945
osvdb.org / 19475
securityfocus.com / bid/3891
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