CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0652

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

xfsmd for IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters that are not properly filtered from several calls to the popen() function, such as export_fs().

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code remotely, potentially leading to system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of IRIX to mitigate this vulnerability and implement proper input filtering.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

xfsmd for IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters that are not properly filtered from several calls to the popen() function, such as export_fs().

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS