CVE-2003-1287

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2003-1287 · Published 31/12/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-1287 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting sambar server (sambar).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.42%, higher than 36.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sambar server sambar	`= 5.0= 5.1= 5.2= 5.3= 6.0`	No fix yet

Description

Sambar Server before 6.0 beta 3 allows attackers with physical access to execute arbitrary code via a request with an MS-DOS device name such as com1.pl, con.pl, or aux.pl, which causes Perl to read the code from the associated device.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-04/0353.html · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/9578 · Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
idefense.com/application/poi/display · Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/5781 · Patch
sambar.com/security.htm · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16059

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

sambar server

sambar

= 5.0= 5.1= 5.2= 5.3= 6.0

No fix yet

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