What is CVE-2002-2335?

CVE-2002-2335 is a vulnerability in John Drake Killer Protection, classified under CWE-16. Published 2002-12-31.

Is CVE-2002-2335 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in John Drake Killer Protection

CVE-2002-2335

Killer Protection 1.0 stores the vars.inc include file under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain user names and passwords and log in using protection.php.

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

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: 0.027 (85.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

John Drake Killer Protection — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-16

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/10315.php (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/5905 (vdb-entry)
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/294208 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-2335?: CVE-2002-2335 is a vulnerability in John Drake Killer Protection, classified under CWE-16. Published 2002-12-31.
Is CVE-2002-2335 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.