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CVE-2002-1792
Buffer overflow in Fake Identd 0.9 through 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a long request that is split…
High10.0EPSS 8.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Fake Identd 0.9 through 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a long request that is split into multiple packets.
Timeline
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.4% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20020729 Fake Identd - Remote root exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5351 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- fake-identd-bo(9731) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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