CVE-2002-0437 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Smsd in SMS Server Tools (SMStools) before 1.4.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backquotes) in message text, as described with the term "string format vulnerability" by some sources.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:stefan_frings:sms_server_tools:1.4.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:stefan_frings:sms_server_tools:1.4.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0434	Smsd in SMS Server Tools (SMStools) before 1.4.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backquotes) in message text, as described with the term "string format vulnerability" by some sources.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02191.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0103.html
http://www.isis.de/members/~s.frings/smstools/history.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8433.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4268

History

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Subscriptions

Stefan Frings Sms Server Tools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.370Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0437

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-07-26T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0437

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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