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CVE-2002-0538

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

FTP proxy in Symantec Raptor Firewall 6.5.3 and Enterprise 7.0 rewrites an FTP server's "FTP PORT" responses in a way that allows remote attackers to redirect FTP data connections to arbitrary ports, a variant of the "FTP bounce" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Symantec Enterprise Firewall: 6.5.2, 7.0
• Symantec Gateway Security: 1.0
• Symantec Raptor Firewall: 6.5, 6.5.3
• Symantec Velociraptor: 1.x

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0166.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0224.html
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2002.04.17.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8847.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4522
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0166.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0224.html
• http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2002.04.17.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8847.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4522

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