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CVE-2002-0904

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backtick or pipe) in the essid argument.

Affected products

• Kismet: 2.2, 2.2.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0259.html
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102269718506080&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9213.php
• http://www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4883
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0259.html
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102269718506080&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9213.php
• http://www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4883

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