CVE-2002-2148

Lucent Ascend MAX Router 5.0 and earlier, Lucent Ascend Pipeline Router 6.0.2 and earlier and Lucent DSLTerminator allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as hostname, MAC, and IP address of the Ethernet interface via a discard (UDP port 9) packet, which causes the device to leak the information in the response.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2148 is rated Moderate Risk (44.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.37%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2148

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 0.39% 1.37% +0.98%
2 2025-03-17 0.63% 0.39% -0.24%
3 2024-09-17 0.63%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2148

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2148

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2148

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lucent ascend_max_router 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_max_router 3.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_max_router 4.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_max_router 5.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_max_router 5.0_ap48 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:5.0_ap48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 1.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 3.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 4.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 5.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 6.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent dslterminator cpe:2.3:h:lucent:dslterminator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2148

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