CVE-2002-2425

Exp

Sun AnswerBook2 1.2 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute administrative scripts such as (1) AdminViewError and (2) AdminAddadmin via a direct request.

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-2002-2425 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.54%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.31% 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-2002-2425

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21677 exploit_db edb 2002-08-02 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2425

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 2026-03-21 3.23% 4.54% +1.31%
2 2025-07-09 2.70% 3.23% +0.53%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.70% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2425

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2425

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2425

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-2425

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