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CVE-2002-0989

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link.

Affected products

• Rob Flynn Gaim: 0.51, 0.52, 0.53, 0.54, 0.55, 0.56 (+3)

References

• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72728
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000521
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:054
• http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103046442403404&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4471
• http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-158
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9978.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5033
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-189.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-190.html

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