CVE-2002-1272: Alcatel Aos

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700/7800 switches running AOS 5.1.1 contains a back door telnet server that was intended for development but not removed before distribution, which allows remote attackers to gain administrative privileges.

Affected products

• Alcatel Aos: version 5.1.1 only

Published 2002-12-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.