Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1165

Title: SMRSH filtering bypass via || or / characters

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-1165

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 11, 2002
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.10%

Vulnerability Summary

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 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.

Impacted Vendors

E
eric_allman 1
M
metainfo 1
S
sendmail 1
R
redhat 1

Reference Links

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.php http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:083 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5845 http://www.sendmail.org/smrsh.adv.txt 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.php http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:083 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5845 http://www.sendmail.org/smrsh.adv.txt
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1165 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21884
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.