CVE-2002-1536 — Molly IRC bot 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the $host variable for nslookup.pl, (2) the $to, $from, or $message variables in pop.pl, (3) the $words or $text variables in sms.pl, or (4) the $server or $printer variables in hpled.pl

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Molly IRC bot 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the $host variable for nslookup.pl, (2) the $to, $from, or $message variables in pop.pl, (3) the $words or $text variables in sms.pl, or (4) the $server or $printer variables in hpled.pl

Published Mar 18, 2003

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.29%

Description

Molly IRC bot 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the $host variable for nslookup.pl, (2) the $to, $from, or $message variables in pop.pl, (3) the $words or $text variables in sms.pl, or (4) the $server or $printer variables in hpled.pl.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.29% 0.03287

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03287

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.29% (0.03287)	88.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.29% (0.03287)	86.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.23% (0.01232)	77.80th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.65% (0.01652)	88.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 14, 2024	1.95% (0.01947)	87.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 2, 2023	1.57% (0.01574)	85.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.49% (0.01491)	84.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0028.html
mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296163
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10397.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6007
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0028.html		mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/296163		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10397.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6007		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 18, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Feb 25, 2003

Link CVE-2002-1536

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1536

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1536