{"id":"CVE-2002-0236","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-0236","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:40:43.798Z","title":"Lucent VitalSuite 8.0 through 8.2, including VitalNet, VitalEvent, and VitalHelp/VitalAnalysis, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a direct HTTP request to the VsSetCookie.exe program, which returns a valid cookie for the desired user.","description":"Lucent VitalSuite 8.0 through 8.2, including VitalNet, VitalEvent, and VitalHelp/VitalAnalysis, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a direct HTTP request to the VsSetCookie.exe program, which returns a valid cookie for the desired user.","published":"2002-05-29T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:57:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["lucent/vitalanalysis","lucent/vitalevent","lucent/vitalhelp","lucent/vitalnet","lucent/vitalsuite"],"epss":{"score":0.07414,"percentile":0.94399,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2002-01-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21203,"kind":"exploit","title":"Lucent 8.x - VitalNet Password Authentication Bypass","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21203","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/21203.txt","file":"exploits/windows/remote/21203.txt","published":"2002-01-16","added":"2002-01-16","updated":"2012-09-09","author":"Mark Cooper","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2002-0236","OSVDB-4261"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3784/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101294507827698&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7936.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3784","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101294507827698&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7936.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3784","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0236","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}