CVE-2002-1842 describes a critical vulnerability in Perlbot 1.0 beta, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by injecting shell metacharacters into either spell-checked words or email addresses processed by the bot. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, and community discussion is minimal, the inherent risk remains for unpatched Perlbot 1.0 beta installations.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perlbot:perlbot:1.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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