CVE-2002-0061

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 51.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Apache for Win32 before 1.3.24, and 2.0.x before 2.0.34-beta, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (a | pipe character) provided as arguments to batch (.bat) or .cmd scripts, which are sent unfiltered to the shell interpreter, typically cmd.exe.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: before 1.3.24; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.34 — fixed in 1.3.24, 2.0.34

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache HTTP Server 1.3.24, 2.0.34. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101674082427358&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263927
http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-03-29#apache1324
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8589.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4335
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101674082427358&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263927
http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-03-29#apache1324

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