CVE-2002-1842: Perlbot

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Perlbot 1.0 beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) a word that is being spell checked or (2) an e-mail address.

Affected products

• Perlbot Perlbot: version 1.0_beta only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.