CVE-2002-0489

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2002-0489 · Published 12/08/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0489 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting nslookup (linux directory penguin).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.7%, higher than 93.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nslookup linux_directory_penguin	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

Linux Directory Penguin NsLookup CGI script (nslookup.pl) 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) query or (2) type parameters.

References

marc.info
iss.net/security_center/static/8601.php · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/4353 · Vendor Advisory

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