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CVE-2002-0197

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Psychoid Psybnc: through 2.3

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101173478806580&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251832
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7985.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3931
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101173478806580&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251832
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7985.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3931

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