01 Record
CVE-2003-1538
susehelp in SuSE Linux 8.1, Enterprise Server 8, Office Server, and Openexchange Server 4 does not properly filter shell metacharacters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
susehelp in SuSE Linux 8.1, Enterprise Server 8, Office Server, and Openexchange Server 4 does not properly filter shell metacharacters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via
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
- 2.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.1% 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
- 2007-12-20 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 02:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0c36d57a8c86a4ba7bd9b52daa9a4b2c72ae850c62a162281b7ad58c1d3a804b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com7906http://secunia.com/advisories/7906
- www.securitytracker.com1005954http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005954
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2003:005http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_005_susehelp.html