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CVE-2002-0197
psyBNC 2.3 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof encrypted, trusted messages by sending lines that begin with the "[B]"…
High7.5EPSS 2.5%
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- mitre
Description
psyBNC 2.3 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof encrypted, trusted messages by sending lines that begin with the "[B]" sequence, which makes the message appear legitimate.
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)
- 2.5% · top 16% 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
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20020122 psyBNC2.3 Beta - encrypted text spoofable in others irc terminal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020122 psyBNC 2.3 Beta - encrypted text "spoofable" in others' irc terminals (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3931 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- psybnc-view-encrypted-messages(7985) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .