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CVE-2002-0437

Smsd in SMS Server Tools (SMStools) before 1.4.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backquotes) in message text, as described with the term "string format vulnerability" by some sources.

Published

2002-07-26T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	stefan_frings	sms_server_tools	1.4.6	Yes
Application	stefan_frings	sms_server_tools	1.4.7	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0103.html ([email protected])
http://www.isis.de/members/~s.frings/smstools/history.html ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8433.php Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4268 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0103.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.isis.de/members/~s.frings/smstools/history.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8433.php Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4268 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)