CVE-2000-0352

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Published Jul 12, 2000 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 3.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Pine before version 4.21 does not properly filter shell metacharacters from URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed URL.

Affected Products

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:university_of_washington:pine:4.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.21:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0351	Pine before version 4.21 does not properly filter shell metacharacters from URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed URL.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 3.5% (3.480% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-036.0.txt
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_36.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/810
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9911171818220.12375-100000%40ray.compu-aid.com

History

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Subscriptions

University Of Washington Pine

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 5:14 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 12, 2000, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 5:14 AM
Reserved: May 23, 2000, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:51 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 18, 1999, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:51 PM

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