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CVE-2002-0985

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restr

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01228
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
php>= 4.0 and <= 4.2.2
openpkgall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD24 Sep 2002 · 04:00 AM
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Vendor Advisories

6
rhsaRHSA-2002:243Low
rhsaRHSA-2002:244Low
rhsaRHSA-2002:248Low
rhsaRHSA-2002:214Low
rhsaRHSA-2002:213Low
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References & Sources

15
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txtBroken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082Broken Link
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