CVE-2002-1843

critical

Description

Perlbot 1.9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the $text variable in SpelCheck.pm or (2) the $filename variable in HTMLPlog.pm.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6009

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6008

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10404.php

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10403.php

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296134

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-12-31

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: 0.01246

Detections

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