CVE-2009-4023 (GCVE-0-2009-4023)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-28 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Argument injection vulnerability in the sendmail implementation of the Mail::Send method (Mail/sendmail.php) in the Mail package 1.1.14 for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $from parameter, a different vector than CVE-2009-4111.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
12 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37081 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37458 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3300 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200&edit=12… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37410 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Mail/trun… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2009-05-07 00:00
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