CVE-2002-0311

Exp

Vulnerability in webtop in UnixWare 7.1.1 and Open UNIX 8.0.0 allows local and possibly remote attackers to gain root privileges via shell metacharacters in the -c argument for (1) in scoadminreg.cgi or (2) service_action.cgi.

Published: 2002-05-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0311 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.54%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0311

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21239 exploit_db edb 2002-01-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0311

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.27% 4.54% -0.73%
2 2026-05-12 3.74% 5.27% +1.52%
3 2025-08-30 3.74%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0311

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0311

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0311

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
caldera unixware 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:caldera:unixware:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera openunix 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openunix:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0311

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