CVE-2002-0525

Exp

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.

Published: 2002-08-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0525 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.12%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2002-0525

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21375 exploit_db edb 2002-04-11 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0525

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 4.35% 4.12% -0.23%
2 2025-07-29 2.08% 4.35% +2.27%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.08% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0525

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-2002-0525

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0525

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
isc inn 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc inn 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc inn 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc inn 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc inn 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc inn 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0525

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