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.
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 · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- stefan frings/sms server tools
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.