CVE-2002-0540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Nortel CVX 1800 is installed with a default "public" community string, which allows remote attackers to read usernames and passwords and modify the CVX configuration.

Published: 2002-06-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 7.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:nortel:cvx_1800_multi-service_access_switch:3.6.3:patch24::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:nortel:cvx_1800_multi-service_access_switch:3.6.3:patch25::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:nortel:cvx_1800_multi-service_access_switch:3.6.3:patch5::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0535	Nortel CVX 1800 is installed with a default "public" community string, which allows remote attackers to read usernames and passwords and modify the CVX configuration.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07408.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0272.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267627
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8848.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/403315
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4507

History

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Subscriptions

Nortel Cvx 1800 Multi-service Access Switch

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-11T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:37.255Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0540

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-07-03T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0540

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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