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CVE-2002-1843

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Perlbot 1.9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the $text variable in SpelCheck.pm or (2) the $filename variable in HTMLPlog.pm.

Affected products

• Perlbot: 1.9.2

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296134
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10403.php
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10404.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6008
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6009
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296134
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10403.php
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10404.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6008
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6009

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