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CVE-2002-0159
Format string vulnerability in the administration function in Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows, 2.6.x and earlier and…
High7.5EPSS 5.4%
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- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in the administration function in Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows, 2.6.x and earlier and 3.x through 3.01 (build 40), allows remote attackers to crash the CSADMIN module only (denial of service of administration function) or execute arbitrary code via format strings in the URL to port 2002.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 2062 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ciscosecure-acs-format-string(8742) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020403 iXsecurity.20020314.csadmin_fmt.a (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020403 Web Interface Vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure ACS for Windows (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 4416 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .