CVE-2002-0904 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backtick or pipe) in the essid argument.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.2.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0895	SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backtick or pipe) in the essid argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0111.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0259.html
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102269718506080&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9213.php
http://www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4883

History

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Subscriptions

Kismet Kismet

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:49.294Z

Reserved: 2002-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0904

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-10-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0904

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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