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CVE-2002-05251 exploit

Format string vulnerabilities in (1) inews or (2) rnews for INN 2.2.3 and earlier allow local users and remote malicious NNTP servers to ga…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.1%
percentile 91%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Format string vulnerabilities in (1) inews or (2) rnews for INN 2.2.3 and earlier allow local users and remote malicious NNTP servers to gain privileges via format string specifiers in NTTP responses.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.12% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21375 ISC INN 2.0/2.1/2.2.x - Multiple Local Format String Vulnerabilities · local · 2002-04-11

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/4501 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/8834.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0140.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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