CVE-2002-2409

Photon microGUI in QNX Neutrino realtime operating system (RTOS) 6.1.0 and 6.2.0 allows attackers to read user clipboard information via a direct request to the 1.TEXT file in a directory whose name is a hex-encoded user ID.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2409 is rated Low Risk (34.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2409

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 2025-08-22 0.26% 0.38% +0.12%
2 2025-03-17 0.10% 0.26% +0.16%
3 2023-03-07 0.10%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2409

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2409

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2409

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qnx neutrino_rtos 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:neutrino_rtos:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx neutrino_rtos 6.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:neutrino_rtos:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx photon_microgui cpe:2.3:a:qnx:photon_microgui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2409

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