01 Record
CVE-2002-0904
SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backtick or pipe) in the essid argument.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backtick or pipe) in the essid argument.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-04-02 05:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-08-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 41725e6b10469f71649014bf71a58e6bca57714832f8c334eac6b4382e4f3bc3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.kismetwireless.nethttp://www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG
- www.securityfocus.com4883http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4883
- www.iss.netkismet-saytext-command-execution(9213)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9213.php
- marc.info20020529 New Kismet Packages available - SayText() and suid kismet_server issueshttp://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102269718506080&w=2
- archives.neohapsis.com20020528 New Kismet Packages available - SayText() and suid kismet_server issueshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0259.html