CVE-2003-1538

critical

Description

susehelp in SuSE Linux 8.1, Enterprise Server 8, Office Server, and Openexchange Server 4 does not properly filter shell metacharacters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via CGI queries.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005954

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_005_susehelp.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/7906

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

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: 0.00452

Detections

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