CVE-2002-0460

Exp

Bitvise WinSSHD before 2002-03-16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of incomplete connections that are not properly terminated, which are not properly freed by SSHd.

Published: 2002-08-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0460 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0460

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0460

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 2025-09-17 0.92% 1.11% +0.20%
2 2025-03-17 0.70% 0.92% +0.21%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.70% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0460

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0460

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0460

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bitvise winsshd 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:bitvise:winsshd:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0460

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