CVE-2002-1522

Exp

Buffer overflow in PowerFTP FTP server 2.24, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long USER argument.

Published: 2003-04-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1522 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.28%, 94th percentile). 5 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-2002-1522

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21909 exploit_db edb 2002-10-05 Exploit-DB ↗
21908 exploit_db edb 2002-10-05 Exploit-DB ↗
21907 exploit_db edb 2002-10-05 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1522

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 2025-04-15 16.10% 15.28% -0.82%
2 2025-03-30 15.74% 16.10% +0.36%
3 2025-03-29 — 15.74% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1522

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1522

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1522

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cooolsoft powerftp 2.03 cpe:2.3:a:cooolsoft:powerftp:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cooolsoft powerftp 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:cooolsoft:powerftp:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cooolsoft powerftp 2.23 cpe:2.3:a:cooolsoft:powerftp:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cooolsoft powerftp 2.24 cpe:2.3:a:cooolsoft:powerftp:2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1522

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