CVE-2002-1536

critical

Description

Molly IRC bot 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the $host variable for nslookup.pl, (2) the $to, $from, or $message variables in pop.pl, (3) the $words or $text variables in sms.pl, or (4) the $server or $printer variables in hpled.pl.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6007

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10397.php

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296163

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0028.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-03-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01232