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CVE-2002-0904
SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backtick or…
High7.5EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backtick or pipe) in the essid argument.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (9 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 (5)
- http://www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4883 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- kismet-saytext-command-execution(9213) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020529 New Kismet Packages available - SayText() and suid kismet_server issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- 20020528 New Kismet Packages available - SayText() and suid kismet_server issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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