What is CVE-2002-1975?

CVE-2002-1975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sharp Zaurus Sl-5000d, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2002-1975?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sharp Zaurus Sl-5000d

CVE-2002-1975

Sharp Zaurus PDA SL-5000D and SL-5500 uses a salt of "A0" to encrypt the screen-locking password as stored in the Security.conf file, which makes it easier for local users to guess the password via brute force methods.

Published 2002-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/281437 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5201 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/9535.php (vdb-entry, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1975?: CVE-2002-1975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sharp Zaurus Sl-5000d, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2002-1975?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.