HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-0068

Squid vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
9.4%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Squid 2.4 STABLE3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code with an ftp:// URL with a larger number of special characters, which exceed the buffer when Squid URL-escapes the characters.
Affected vendor
Squid
Affected product
Squid
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2002-03-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-0068

  • Confirm whether Squid Squid is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-0068.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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