Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1848

Title: TightVNC WinVNC Properties dialog plaintext password storage

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1848.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.31%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

tightvnc 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1848 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.