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CVE-2002-0989
The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell…
High7.5EPSS 3.2%
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- mitre
Description
The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 20020827 GLSA: gaim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- HPSBTL0209-067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 5033 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 5574 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:190 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:191 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLA-2002:521 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72728 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- gaim-url-handler-command-execution(9978) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:189 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-158 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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