CVE-2002-0462

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

bigsam_guestbook.php for Big Sam (Built-In Guestbook Stand-Alone Module) 1.1.08 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or obtain the absolute path of the web server via a displayBegin parameter with a very large number, which leaks the web path in an error message when PHP safe_mode is enabled, or consumes resources when safe_mode is not enabled.

Affected products

Big Sam: 1.1.08

References

http://www.gezzed.net/bigsam/bigsam.1_1_12.php.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8478.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8479.php
http://www.osvdb.org/5287
http://www.osvdb.org/5288
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262735
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4312
http://www.gezzed.net/bigsam/bigsam.1_1_12.php.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8478.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8479.php
http://www.osvdb.org/5287
http://www.osvdb.org/5288

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