CVE-2002-0462
bigsam_guestbook.php for Big Sam (Built-In Guestbook Stand-Alone Module) 1.1.08 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
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- mitre
Description
bigsam_guestbook.php for Big Sam (Built-In Guestbook Stand-Alone Module) 1.1.08 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or obtain the absolute path of the web server via a displayBegin parameter with a very large number, which leaks the web path in an error message when PHP safe_mode is enabled, or consumes resources when safe_mode is not enabled.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 4312 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 5288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- bigsam-displaybegin-dos(8478) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020318 [ARL02-A11] Big Sam (Built-In Guestbook Stand-Alone Module) Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- bigsam-safemode-path-disclosure(8479) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5287 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.gezzed.net/bigsam/bigsam.1_1_12.php.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2002-0459 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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