THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-1272
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-1272

Aos vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.3%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700/7800 switches running AOS 5.1.1 contains a back door telnet server that was intended for development but not removed before distribution, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges.
Affected vendor
Alcatel
Affected product
Aos
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2002-12-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-1272

  • Confirm whether Alcatel Aos is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1272.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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