CVE-2002-0538

FTP proxy in Symantec Raptor Firewall 6.5.3 and Enterprise 7.0 rewrites an FTP server's "FTP PORT" responses in a way that allows remote attackers to redirect FTP data connections to arbitrary ports, a variant of the "FTP bounce" vulnerability.

Published: 2002-07-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0538 is rated Moderate Risk (54.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.67%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0538

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 2.90% 1.67% -1.23%
2 2025-07-30 1.34% 2.90% +1.56%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.34% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0538

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0538

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0538

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec enterprise_firewall 6.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:enterprise_firewall:6.5.2:*:windows_2000_nt:*:*:*:*:*
symantec enterprise_firewall 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:enterprise_firewall:7.0:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
symantec enterprise_firewall 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:enterprise_firewall:7.0:*:windows_2000_nt:*:*:*:*:*
symantec raptor_firewall 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:raptor_firewall:6.5:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
symantec raptor_firewall 6.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:raptor_firewall:6.5.3:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
symantec velociraptor 1.x cpe:2.3:a:symantec:velociraptor:1.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec gateway_security 1.0 cpe:2.3:h:symantec:gateway_security:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0538

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