01 Record
CVE-2002-0989
The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link.
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
- 3.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.9% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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 03:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-08-27
- 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
- e4d84abc275c7b43ad95848650370e0aa6077b5c12b570323dfe3b9407e24c38
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20020827 GLSA: gaimhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103046442403404&w=2
- online.securityfocus.comHPSBTL0209-067http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4471
- www.osvdb.org5033http://www.osvdb.org/5033
- www.securityfocus.com5574http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5574
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:190http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-190.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:191http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-191.html
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2002:521http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000521
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SN-02:06ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02:06.asc
- gaim.sourceforge.nethttp://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72728
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:156http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-156.html
- www.iss.netgaim-url-handler-command-execution(9978)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9978.php
- frontal2.mandriva.comMDKSA-2002:054http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:054
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:189http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-189.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-158http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-158