CVE-2002-2421

Exp

acWEB 1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request for a MS-DOS device name such as COM2.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-2421 is rated High Exploit Risk (70/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2002-2421

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2421

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 0.46% 1.27% +0.81%
2 2025-03-30 0.42% 0.46% +0.04%
3 2025-03-29 0.42%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2421

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-2002-2421

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2421

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andrey_cherezov acweb 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:andrey_cherezov:acweb:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2421

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