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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 fro

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.01137
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

2
sendmailall versions
netbsdall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
localSendmail 8.12.x - SMRSH Double Pipe Access Validationverified
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 5845www.securityfocus.com
pocwww.sendmail.org · smrsh.adv.txtwww.sendmail.org
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD11 Oct 2002 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

3
rhsaRHSA-2003:227Critical
rhsaRHSA-2003:073Critical
rhsaRHSA-2002:259Low
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-023.txt.asc
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000532
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103350914307274&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/7826
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10232.phpVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:083
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