CVE-2002-0998

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in cafenews.php for CARE 2002 before beta 1.0.02 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences and null characters in the lang parameter, which is processed by a call to the include function.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0998 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.17%). 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-2002-0998

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0998

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 2025-08-06 1.24% 2.17% +0.93%
2 2025-03-30 1.80% 1.24% -0.56%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.80% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0998

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:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0998

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0998

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
care_2002 care_2002 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:care_2002:care_2002:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
care_2002 care_2002 1.0.01 cpe:2.3:a:care_2002:care_2002:1.0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0998

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