CVE-2002-1579

SAP GUI (Sapgui) 4.6D allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a connection to a high-numbered port, which generates an "unknown connection data" error.

Published: 2004-04-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1579 is rated Moderate Risk (44.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1579

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 2025-03-30 0.76% 0.74% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.74% 0.76% +0.03%
3 2025-03-17 0.74%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1579

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-2002-1579

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1579

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sap sapgui 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sapgui:4.6:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sap sapgui 4.6a cpe:2.3:a:sap:sapgui:4.6a:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sap sapgui 4.6b cpe:2.3:a:sap:sapgui:4.6b:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sap sapgui 4.6c cpe:2.3:a:sap:sapgui:4.6c:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sap sapgui 4.6d cpe:2.3:a:sap:sapgui:4.6d:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1579

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