01 Record
CVE-2002-1842
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
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
- 2.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.3% 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
- 2005-06-28 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-28
- 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
- 1577f1d625904d136d1506618e51c45542b4baef74ecf788b44d2383a42fdfdb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- online.securityfocus.com20021018 SCAN Associates Advisory: madhater perlbot 1.0 beta - Remote Command Executionhttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296073
- www.iss.netperlbot-email-command-execution(10402)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10402.php
- www.securityfocus.com5999http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5999
- www.iss.netperlbot-shell-command-execution(10401)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10401.php
- www.securityfocus.com5998http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5998