Information leak in Compaq WL310, and the Orinoco Residential Gateway access point it is based on, uses a system identification string as a default SNMP read/write community string, which allows remote attackers to obtain and modify sensitive configuration information by querying for the identification string.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0812 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.17%). Core evidence: 1 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21699 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-08-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 8.34% | 3.17% | -5.17% |
| 2 | 2025-11-12 | 3.93% | 8.34% | +4.40% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 3.93% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| hpe | compaq_wl310_firmware | — | cpe:2.3:o:hpe:compaq_wl310_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| proxim | orinoco_rg-1000_firmware | — | cpe:2.3:o:proxim:orinoco_rg-1000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| proxim | orinoco_rg-1100_firmware | — | cpe:2.3:o:proxim:orinoco_rg-1100_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0066.html | Broken Link |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0075.html | Broken Link |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9810.php | Broken Link |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5436 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |