{"id":"CVE-2002-2048","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-2048","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:24.841Z","title":"Buffer overflow in PFinger 0.7.8 client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query value passed to the (1) finger program, (2) -l, (3) -d, and (4) -t options.","description":"Buffer overflow in PFinger 0.7.8 client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query value passed to the (1) finger program, (2) -l, (3) -d, and (4) -t options.  NOTE: if PFinger is not setuid or setgid, then this issue would not cross privilege boundaries and would not be considered a vulnerability.","published":"2002-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:00:33.000Z","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":["michael baumer/pfinger"],"epss":{"score":0.02857,"percentile":0.86643,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102321152215055&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9269.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102321152215055&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9269.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2048","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."}