CVE-2002-2301

LOW 3.3CVE-2002-2301 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-2301 is a LOW (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability affecting lawson financials (lawson software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.27%, higher than 19.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lawson financials lawson_software	`= 8.0`	No fix yet

Description

Lawson Financials 8.0, when configured to use a third party relational database, stores usernames and passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read the passwords and log onto the database.

References

seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2002/Dec/0012.html
securityfocus.com/bid/6293
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10742

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