Vulnerability in Farm9 Cryptcat
CVE-2002-1653
Farm9 Cryptcat, when started in server mode with the -e option, does not enable encryption, which allows clients to communicate without encryption despite intended configuration, and may allow remote attackers to sniff sensitive information.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Farm9 Cryptcat — versions 1.10
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/165099 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/8431 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10618 (vdb-entry)