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CVE-2002-2048

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in PFinger 0.7.8 client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query value passed to the (1) finger program, (2) -l, (3) -d, and (4) -t options. NOTE: if PFinger is not setuid or setgid, then this issue would not cross privilege boundaries and would not be considered a vulnerability.

Affected products

• Michael Baumer Pfinger: 0.7.8

References

• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102321152215055&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9269.php
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102321152215055&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9269.php

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