TI-2002-00877 Aliases CVE-2002-0904 GHSA-h6c8-j736-fjxr

SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

LOW 37Published 2003-04-02 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

SayText function in Kismet 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (backtick or pipe) in the essid argument.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02189 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.2:::::::*	2.2	Vulnerable	Kismet
cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.2.1:::::::*	2.2.1	Vulnerable	Kismet

cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2 Vulnerable ·Kismet
cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.1 Vulnerable ·Kismet

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0904
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h6c8-j736-fjxr

References

Patch 1

kismet-saytext-command-execution(9213)

Other 3

TI-2005-02490 Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2005-02491 Multiple integer underflows in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allow remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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