CVE-2002-1843

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 31, 2002
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2002-1843: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix