CVE-2002-0851 — Format string vulnerability in ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (ipppd) in the ISDN4Linux (i4l) package allows local users to gain root privileges via format strings in the device name command line argument, which is not properly handled in a call to syslog

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Format string vulnerability in ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (ipppd) in the ISDN4Linux (i4l) package allows local users to gain root privileges via format strings in the device name command line argument, which is not properly handled in a call to syslog

Published Apr 2, 2003

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.05%

Description

Format string vulnerability in ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (ipppd) in the ISDN4Linux (i4l) package allows local users to gain root privileges via format strings in the device name command line argument, which is not properly handled in a call to syslog.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.05% 0.01051

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

EPSS probability 0.01051

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	1.05% (0.01051)	63.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.05% (0.01051)	59.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.33% (0.00332)	53.90th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0068.html
mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9811.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5437
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0068.html		mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9811.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5437		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Aug 10, 2002

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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