CVE-2002-1492

high Cisco
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
1.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 22% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: April 2, 2003 (8443 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Cisco
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflows in the Cisco VPN 5000 Client before 5.2.7 for Linux, and VPN 5000 Client before 5.2.8 for Solaris, allow local users to gain root privileges via (1) close_tunnel and (2) open_tunnel.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

cisco vpn 5000 client

References

🔗 www.cisco.com 🔗 www.iss.net 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.cisco.com 🔗 www.iss.net