CVE-2002-0202 — PaintBBS 1.2 installs certain files and directories with insecure permissions, which allows local users to (1) obtain the encrypted server password via the world-readable oekakibbs.conf file, or (2) modify the server configuration via the world-writeable /oekaki/ folder

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PaintBBS 1.2 installs certain files and directories with insecure permissions, which allows local users to (1) obtain the encrypted server password via the world-readable oekakibbs.conf file, or (2) modify the server configuration via the world-writeable /oekaki/ folder

Published May 3, 2002

3.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.40%

Description

PaintBBS 1.2 installs certain files and directories with insecure permissions, which allows local users to (1) obtain the encrypted server password via the world-readable oekakibbs.conf file, or (2) modify the server configuration via the world-writeable /oekaki/ folder.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.40% 0.00404

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00404

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.40% (0.00404)	32.28th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.40% (0.00404)	31.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00073)	19.51th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251985
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7982.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3948
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251985		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7982.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3948		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 3, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved May 1, 2002

Link CVE-2002-0202

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-0202

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-0202