CVE-2003-1287

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sambar Server before 6.0 beta 3 allows attackers with physical access to execute arbitrary code via a request with an MS-DOS device name such as com1.pl, con.pl, or aux.pl, which causes Perl to read the code from the associated device.

Affected products

Sambar Server: 5.0, 5.0-beta1, 5.0-beta2, 5.0-beta3, 5.0-beta4, 5.0-beta5 (+11)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-04/0353.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/9578
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007819
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=103&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
http://www.osvdb.org/5781
http://www.sambar.com/security.htm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16059
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-04/0353.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/9578
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007819
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=103&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
http://www.osvdb.org/5781

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