importInfo in the Admin Server for iPlanet WebServer 4.x, up to SP11, allows the web administrator to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dir parameter, and possibly allows remote attackers to exploit this vulnerability via a separate XSS issue (CVE-2002-1315).

BID:6203 | URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6203 | BUGTRAQ:20021119 iPlanet WebServer, remote root compromise | URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103772308030269&w=2 | MISC:http://www.ngsec.com/docs/advisories/NGSEC-2002-4.txt | SUNALERT:49475 | URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-49475-1 | VULNWATCH:20021118 iPlanet WebServer, remote root compromise | URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0078.html | XF:iplanet-perl-command-execution(10693) | URL:http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10693.php