CVE-2002-1971

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2002-1971 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1971 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting networking utils (sourcecraft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.1%, higher than 90.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
networking utils sourcecraft	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

The ping utility in networking_utils.php in Sourcecraft Networking_Utils 1.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via shell metacharacters in the Domain name or IP address argument.

References

online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/298588 · Exploit
securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
iss.net/security_center/static/10541.php
securityfocus.com/bid/6107
sourcecraft.org/index.php

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