CVE-2002-1848 — TightVNC before 1.2.4 running on Windows stores unencrypted passwords in the password text control of the WinVNC Properties dialog, which could allow local users to access passwords

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TightVNC before 1.2.4 running on Windows stores unencrypted passwords in the password text control of the WinVNC Properties dialog, which could allow local users to access passwords

Published Jun 28, 2005

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.31%

Description

TightVNC before 1.2.4 running on Windows stores unencrypted passwords in the password text control of the WinVNC Properties dialog, which could allow local users to access passwords.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.31% 0.00312

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

EPSS probability 0.00312

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	0.31% (0.00312)	21.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.31% (0.00312)	22.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00065)	17.42th	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% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4835
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.tightvnc.com/changelog-win32.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4835		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.tightvnc.com/changelog-win32.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 28, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Jun 28, 2005

Link CVE-2002-1848

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1848

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1848