7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2003-0205

Published: 12/05/2003 Updated: 18/10/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

gkrellm-newsticker gkrellm plugin prior to 0.3-3.1 allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ticker title of a URI.

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Vendor Advisories

Brian Campbell discovered two security-related problems in gkrellm-newsticker, a plugin for the gkrellm system monitor program, which provides a news ticker from RDF feeds The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CAN-2003-0205 It can launch a web browser of the user's choice when the ticker title is ...