CVE-2002-1536

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-03-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Molly IRC bot 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the $host variable for nslookup.pl, (2) the $to, $from, or $message variables in pop.pl, (3) the $words or $text variables in sms.pl, or (4) the $server or $printer variables in hpled.pl.

Affected products

Hans Persson Molly: 0.5

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0028.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296163
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10397.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6007
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0028.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296163
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10397.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6007

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