CVE-2002-0575
Buffer overflow in OpenSSH before 2.9.9, and 3.x before 3.2.1, with Kerberos/AFS support and KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing enabled, allows remote and local authenticated users to gain privileges.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Buffer overflow in OpenSSH before 2.9.9, and 3.x before 3.2.1, with Kerberos/AFS support and KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing enabled, allows remote and local authenticated users to gain privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.05% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 April 2002
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- openbsd/openssh
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 7.1% on 22 October 2026 to 7.1% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-022.2.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0298.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0394.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102167972421837&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=101924296115863&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268718
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269701
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8896.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/781
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4560Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-022.2.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0298.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0394.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102167972421837&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=101924296115863&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268718
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269701
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8896.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/781
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4560Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.