CVE-2002-1814

Exp

Buffer overflow in efstools in Bonobo, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1814 is rated Exploit Available (50.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Core evidence: 5 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-2002-1814

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21585 exploit_db edb 2002-06-29 Exploit-DB ↗
21584 exploit_db edb 2002-06-29 Exploit-DB ↗
21583 exploit_db edb 2002-06-29 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1814

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 2025-08-12 0.12% 0.25% +0.13%
2 2025-03-30 0.17% 0.12% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 0.17%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1814

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1814

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1814

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome bonobo cpe:2.3:a:gnome:bonobo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1814

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