CVE-2002-0904 describes a command injection vulnerability in the SayText function of Kismet versions 2.2.1 and earlier. Remote attackers can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters (backtick or pipe) into the essid argument, leading to arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network-based attacks, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.