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CVE-2002-1165

Sendmail Consortium's Restricted Shell (SMRSH) in Sendmail 8.12.6, 8.11.6-15, and possibly other versions after 8.11 from 5/19/1998, allows attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of smrsh by inserting additional commands after (1) "||" sequences or (2) "/" characters, which are not properly filtered or verified.

Published

2002-10-11T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.4 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.6 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.5 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.5.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.5.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.5.3 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.6 Yes
References