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CVE-2002-1165 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-023.txt.asc	CVE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000532	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103350914307274&w=2	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/7826	CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10232.php	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:083	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5845	CVE	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.sendmail.org/smrsh.adv.txt	CVE	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-023.txt.asc	[email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000532	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103350914307274&w=2	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/7826	[email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10232.php	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:083	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5845	[email protected]	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.sendmail.org/smrsh.adv.txt	[email protected]	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sendmail sendmail	8.12.0 8.12.1 8.12.2 8.12.3 8.12.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netbsd netbsd	1.5 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]