CVE-2002-0901

Multiple buffer overflows in Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (AMANDA) 2.3.0.4 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long commands to the amindexd daemon, or certain local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to the programs (2) amcheck, (3) amgetidx, (4) amtrmidx, (5) createindex-dump, or (6) createindex-gnutar.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0901 is rated High Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.70%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0901

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 6.29% 5.70% -0.59%
2 2026-03-23 8.26% 6.29% -1.97%
3 2025-08-04 8.26%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0901

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-2002-0901

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-0901

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-0901 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (amanda), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-0901

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0901

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amanda amanda 2.3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:amanda:amanda:2.3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0901

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