CVE-2002-1165: Netbsd

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sendmail Consortium's Restricted Shell (SMRSH) in Sendmail 8.12.6, 8.11.6-15, and possibly other versions after 8.11 from 5/19/1998, allows attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of smrsh by inserting additional commands after (1) "||" sequences or (2) "/" characters, which are not properly filtered or verified.

Affected products

• Netbsd Netbsd: version 1.5 only; version 1.5.1 only; version 1.5.2 only; version 1.5.3 only; version 1.6 only
• Sendmail Sendmail: version 8.12.0 only; version 8.12.1 only; version 8.12.2 only; version 8.12.3 only; version 8.12.4 only; version 8.12.5 only; …

Published 2002-10-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.