CVE-2002-1898

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Terminal 1.3 in Apple Mac OS X 10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a telnet:// link, which is executed by Terminal.app window.

Affected products

Apple Terminal: before 1.3.1 — fixed in 1.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Terminal 1.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/02/09/21/122236.shtml?tid=172
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2002/Sep/msg00001.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10156.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5768
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/02/09/21/122236.shtml?tid=172
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2002/Sep/msg00001.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10156.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5768

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