CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1165

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2002-10-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-10-11
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Sendmail Consortium's Restricted Shell (SMRSH) in Sendmail 8.12.6, 8.11.6-15, and possibly other versions after 8.11 from 5/19/1998, allows attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of smrsh by inserting additional commands after (1) "||" sequences or (2) "/" characters, which are not properly filtered or verified.

Affected configurations

• sendmail sendmail 8.12.0 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.1 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.2 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.3 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.4 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.5 • sendmail sendmail 8.12.6 • netbsd netbsd 1.5 • netbsd netbsd 1.5.1 • netbsd netbsd 1.5.2 • netbsd netbsd 1.5.3 • netbsd netbsd 1.6

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