CVE-2002-2300

Exp

Buffer overflow in ftpd 5.4 in 3Com NBX 4.0.17 or ftpd 5.4.2 in 3Com NBX 4.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long CEL command.

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-2002-2300 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 29.51%, 97th percentile). 3 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-2002-2300

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22060 exploit_db edb 2002-12-02 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2300

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 2026-06-06 28.74% 29.51% +0.77%
2 2025-10-10 19.84% 28.74% +8.90%
3 2025-03-30 — 19.84% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2300

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2300

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2300

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
3com webbngss3nbxnts 4.0.17 cpe:2.3:h:3com:webbngss3nbxnts:4.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3com webbngss3nbxnts 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:h:3com:webbngss3nbxnts:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3com webbngss3nbxnts 4.1.21 cpe:2.3:h:3com:webbngss3nbxnts:4.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2300

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