CVE-2002-1740

Exp

Buffer overflow in WorldClient.cgi in WorldClient in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 5.0.5.0 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long folder name (NewFolder parameter).

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1740 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). 2 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-2002-1740

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21439 exploit_db edb 2002-05-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1740

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.14% +0.10%
2 2023-03-07 1.90% 0.04% -1.86%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.90% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1740

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1740

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1740

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alt-n mdaemon 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:5.0:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n mdaemon 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alt-n worldclient 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:worldclient:5.0:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1740

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