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CVE-2002-1165

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1165 describes a vulnerability in Sendmail Consortium's Restricted Shell (SMRSH) in Sendmail versions 8.12.6, 8.11.6-15, and potentially other 8.11 releases. Attackers can bypass SMRSH restrictions by injecting additional commands after "||" sequences or "/" characters, which are not properly filtered. This local vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are reported, an ExploitDB entry exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21884 · Oct 1, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1165Low

security flaw

Oct 1, 2002

References

ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-023.txt.asc
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/7826
iss.net / security_center/static/10232.php
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html
securityfocus.com / bid/5845
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
sendmail.org / smrsh.adv.txt
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory