CVE-2003-1538

SuSE Linux susehelp - Remote Command Execution via CGI Query Shell Metacharacter Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

susehelp in SuSE Linux 8.1, Enterprise Server 8, Office Server, and Openexchange Server 4 does not properly filter shell metacharacters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via CGI queries.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/7906
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005954
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_005_susehelp.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 65.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
suse/office_server
suse/suse_linux 8
suse/suse_linux 8.1
suse/suse_linux_openexchange_server 4.0
Published Dec 31, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026