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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-0236 json

Lucent VitalSuite 8.0 through 8.2, including VitalNet, VitalEvent, and VitalHelp/VitalAnalysis, allows remote attackers to bypass authentic…

published 2002-05-03 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0233

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.4%
EPSS 7.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Lucent VitalSuite 8.0 through 8.2, including VitalNet, VitalEvent, and VitalHelp/VitalAnalysis, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a direct HTTP request to the VsSetCookie.exe program, which returns a valid cookie for the desired user.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21203)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21203 Lucent 8.x - VitalNet Password Authentication Bypass remote, 2002-01-16
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3784 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.