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CVE-2003-1538

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
31/12/2003
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_openexchange_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:office_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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