Unscored severity · published Sep 24, 2002
CVE-2002-0985
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
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CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
4.0 through 4.2.2 · source: NVD
OP
Openpkg · Openpkg
1.1; 1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0985
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0985
Broken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545
Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2
Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168
Broken Link
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082
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