CVE-2002-1898 describes a command injection vulnerability in Apple Terminal 1.3 on Mac OS X 10.2, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by embedding shell metacharacters within a telnet:// link. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:terminal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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