CVE-2002-2379

Exp

Cisco AS5350 IOS 12.2(11)T with access control lists (ACLs) applied and possibly with ssh running allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a port scan, possibly due to an ssh bug. NOTE: this issue could not be reproduced by the vendor

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-2002-2379 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 40.94%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +11.25% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-2379

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21971 exploit_db edb 2002-10-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2379

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 2025-12-06 29.69% 40.94% +11.25%
2 2025-09-16 24.30% 29.69% +5.39%
3 2025-08-22 — 24.30% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2379

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2379

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2379

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco as5350 12.2\(11t\) cpe:2.3:h:cisco:as5350:12.2\(11t\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2379

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