CVE-2004-2771

high

Description

The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105

http://secunia.com/advisories/61693

http://secunia.com/advisories/61585

http://secunia.com/advisories/60940

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-24

Updated: 2023-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H