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CVE-2002-2425

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2425 describes a critical vulnerability in Sun AnswerBook2 versions 1.2 through 1.4.2, allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute administrative scripts directly. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw presents a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) due to its network-based, low-complexity attack vector. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability garners significant community discussion, indicating potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21677 · Aug 2, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0355 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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/2002-07/0486.html
Exploit
iss.net / security_center/static/9756.php
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/5383
Exploit