Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-1842 - Remote Command Execution vulnerability in Perlbot 1.0Beta

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
perlbot

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Perlbot
1