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CVE-2012-2140

The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (

The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2) exim delivery.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.03667
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

2
rubygems mail gem<= 2.4.1
rubygems mail gemall 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.
RubyGems mail HIGH fixed in 2.4.3
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocgithub.com · 39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0github.com
pocgithub.com · ac56f03bdfc30b379aeecd4ff317d08fdaa328c2github.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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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 NVD18 Jul 2012 · 06:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
rhsaRHSA-2012:1542Moderate
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48970Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1
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