HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-1147

Procurve Switch 4000m vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
6.7%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The HTTP administration interface for HP Procurve 4000M Switch firmware before C.09.16, with stacking features and remote administration enabled, does not authenticate requests to reset the device, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a direct request to the device_reset CGI program.
Affected vendor
Hp
Affected product
Procurve Switch 4000m
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published
2002-10-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 6.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-1147

  • Confirm whether Hp Procurve Switch 4000m is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1147.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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