CVE-2002-0412

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in TraceEvent function for ntop before 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing format strings to be injected into calls to the syslog function, via (1) an HTTP GET request, (2) a user name in HTTP authentication, or (3) a password in HTTP authentication.

Affected products

Luca Deri Ntop: 2.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0056.html
http://listmanager.unipi.it/pipermail/ntop-dev/2002-February/000489.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101854261030453&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101856541322245&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101908224609740&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/259642
http://snapshot.ntop.org/
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8347.php
http://www.osvdb.org/5307
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4225
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0056.html
http://listmanager.unipi.it/pipermail/ntop-dev/2002-February/000489.html

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