Vulnerability in Perlbot

CVE-2002-1842

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.

EPSS: 0.021 (79.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Perlbot — versions 1.0_beta
  • N/a — versions n/a

References