Description
Terminal 1.3 in Apple Mac OS X 10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a telnet:// link, which is executed by Terminal.app window.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Apple Mac OSX 10.2 - Terminal.APP Telnet Link Command Execution EDB-21815 · local · Sep 21, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 2002-09-20 vendor-advisory
- 5768 vdb-entry
- macos-terminal-url-link(10156) vdb-entry
- http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/02/09/21/122236.shtml?tid=172