CVE-2002-1155

Exp

Buffer overflow in KON kon2 0.3.9b and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -Coding command line argument.

Published: 2003-06-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1155 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.06%). Core evidence: 2 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1155

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22720 exploit_db edb 2003-06-03 Exploit-DB ↗
22719 exploit_db edb 2003-06-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1155

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 0.13% 1.06% +0.93%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.13% +0.09%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1155

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1155

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1155

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1155

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1155

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1155

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