CVE-2002-0437 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in Smsd within SMS Server Tools (SMStools) prior to version 1.4.8. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems by embedding shell metacharacters (specifically backquotes) within message text. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the KEV catalog or readily available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stefan_frings:sms_server_tools:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stefan_frings:sms_server_tools:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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.