CVE-2002-1959 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Nagios 1.0b1 through 1.0b3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in plugin output.

Published: 2005-06-28

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 3.9% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:1.0_b1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:1.0_b2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:1.0_b3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1938	Nagios 1.0b1 through 1.0b3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in plugin output.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03884.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9508.php
http://www.nagios.org/changelog.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5174

History

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Subscriptions

Nagios Nagios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-28T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:15:18.226Z

Reserved: 2005-06-28T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1959

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:00:22.777

Link: CVE-2002-1959

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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