overflow.cgi CGI script in Sun Cobalt RaQ 4 with the SHP (Security Hardening Patch) installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a POST request with shell metacharacters in the email parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1361 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.87%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22072 | exploit_db | edb | 2002-12-05 | 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 | 22.86% | 11.87% | -10.99% |
| 2 | 2026-05-07 | 20.76% | 22.86% | +2.11% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 20.76% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| sun | cobalt_raq_4 | — | cpe:2.3:h:sun:cobalt_raq_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103912513522807&w=2 | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/49377 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-35.html | Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-025.shtml | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/810921 | US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6326 | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10776 |