CVE-2002-1059

Exp

Buffer overflow in Van Dyke SecureCRT SSH client before 3.4.6, and 4.x before 4.0 beta 3, allows an SSH server to execute arbitrary code via a long SSH1 protocol version string.

Published: 2002-10-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1059 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 60.30%, 99th percentile). 4 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-2002-1059

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16460 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
21635 exploit_db edb 2002-07-23 Exploit-DB ↗
21634 exploit_db edb 2002-07-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1059

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 73.11% 60.30% -12.81%
2 2025-05-04 71.86% 73.11% +1.25%
3 2025-03-30 — 71.86% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1059

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-2002-1059

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1059

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 3.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 4.0_beta_1 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:4.0_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
van_dyke_technologies securecrt 4.0_beta_2 cpe:2.3:a:van_dyke_technologies:securecrt:4.0_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1059

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