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CVE-2003-1538 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (susehelp in SuSE Linux 8.1, Enterprise Server 8, Office Serv)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2003-1538
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score6.4
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWECWE-20
StatusModified
Published2003-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionsusehelp 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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