CVE DATABASE / CVE-2002-0985
CVE-2002-0985
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Summary
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.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | PARTIAL |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Php phpOpenpkg openpkg
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References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txt
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_036_modphp4.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/2111
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-213.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-214.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-243.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-244.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-248.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-159.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9966
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.