{"id":"CVE-2002-1898","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-1898","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:37:05.807Z","title":"Terminal 1.3 in Apple Mac OS X 10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a telnet:// link, which is executed by Terminal.app window.","description":"Terminal 1.3 in Apple Mac OS X 10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a telnet:// link, which is executed by Terminal.app window.","published":"2002-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:00:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["apple/terminal"],"epss":{"score":0.0317,"percentile":0.87939,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2002-09-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21815,"kind":"exploit","title":"Apple Mac OSX 10.2 - Terminal.APP Telnet Link Command Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21815","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/osx/local/21815.txt","file":"exploits/osx/local/21815.txt","published":"2002-09-21","added":"2002-09-21","updated":"2012-10-09","author":"Taiyo Fujii","type":"local","platform":"osx","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2002-1898","OSVDB-59902"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5768/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/02/09/21/122236.shtml?tid=172","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2002/Sep/msg00001.html","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10156.php","tags":["Broken Link","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5768","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/02/09/21/122236.shtml?tid=172","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2002/Sep/msg00001.html","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10156.php","tags":["Broken Link","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5768","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1898","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}