CVE-2002-1447
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the vpnclient program for UNIX VPN Client before 3.5.2 allows local users to gain administrative privileges via a long profile name in a connect argument.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.5% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2002-1430)
- Published
- May 28, 2002
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2002-1430 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / vpn client
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- VPN 3002-8E and VPN 3002 Hardware Client - Cisco Systems, Inc. - FIPS 140 211 - historical
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277653
- http://sec.angrypacket.com/advisories/0002_AP.vpnclient.txt(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-unix-vpnclient-buffer-overflow-pub.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9376.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5056
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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