CVE-2002-1272 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700/7800 switches running AOS 5.1.1 contains a back door telnet server that was intended for development but not removed before distribution, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 3.4% 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 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:alcatel:aos:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2002-1256	Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700/7800 switches running AOS 5.1.1 contains a back door telnet server that was intended for development but not removed before distribution, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03415.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-32.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/181721
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6220
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10664

History

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Subscriptions

Alcatel Aos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.721Z

Reserved: 2002-11-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1272

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-11T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1272

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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