VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 3.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.39% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- stefan frings/sms server tools
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0103.html
- http://www.isis.de/members/~s.frings/smstools/history.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8433.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4268Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0103.html
- http://www.isis.de/members/~s.frings/smstools/history.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8433.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4268Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.