CVE-2002-1484 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

DB4Web server, when configured to use verbose debug messages, allows remote attackers to use DB4Web as a proxy and attempt TCP connections to other systems (port scan) via a request for a URL that specifies the target IP address and port, which produces a connection status in the resulting error message.

Published: 2003-03-18

Score: 9.8 Critical

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:db4web:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:db4web:3.6:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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/2002-09/0201.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0125.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10136.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5725

History

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Subscriptions

Siemens Db4web

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-03-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.664Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1484

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-22T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1484

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-918

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