CVE-2002-1842 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Perlbot 1.0 beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) a word that is being spell checked or (2) an e-mail address.

Published: 2005-06-28

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:perlbot:perlbot:1.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2002-1821	Perlbot 1.0 beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) a word that is being spell checked or (2) an e-mail address.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0111.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296073
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10401.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10402.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5998
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5999

History

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Subscriptions

Perlbot Perlbot

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-28T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:58:24.100Z

Reserved: 2005-06-28T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1842

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:00:09.517

Link: CVE-2002-1842

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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