CVE-2002-0236 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.4% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.41% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-05-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| lucent | vitalanalysis |
| lucent | vitalevent |
| lucent | vitalhelp |
| lucent | vitalnet |
| lucent | vitalsuite |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Lucent 8.x - VitalNet Password Authentication Bypass | 2002-01-16 |
References
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