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CVE-2007-3215

PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell me

PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.04403
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

1
phpmailerall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist phpmailer/phpmailer HIGH fixed in 1.7.4
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD14 Jun 2007 · 10:30 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-791-1
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References & Sources

17
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/
http://osvdb.org/37206
http://osvdb.org/76139
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/223
http://secunia.com/advisories/25626Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25755
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