CVE-2002-1848

TightVNC before 1.2.4 running on Windows stores unencrypted passwords in the password text control of the WinVNC Properties dialog, which could allow local users to access passwords.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1848 is rated Low Risk (16.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1848

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 0.07% 0.31% +0.25%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1848

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1848

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1848

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tightvnc tightvnc 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:tightvnc:tightvnc:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tightvnc tightvnc 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:tightvnc:tightvnc:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tightvnc tightvnc 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:tightvnc:tightvnc:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tightvnc tightvnc 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:tightvnc:tightvnc:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1848

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