CVE-2003-1287 Code injection in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Attackers with physical access can execute arbitrary code on Sambar Server by requesting MS-DOS device names, allowing Perl to read code from the device.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2003-1287?

CVE-2003-1287 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Nov 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Sambar Server before 6.0 beta 3 allows attackers with physical access to execute arbitrary code via a request with an MS-DOS device name such as com1.pl, con.pl, or aux.pl, which causes Perl to read the code from the associated device.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1287?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sambar Sambar Server.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2003-1287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p887-wgc2-jm3q.

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