CVE-2002-1271

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2002-1271
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-11-12 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Perl-mailtools Perl-mailtools 1.13 All All All
Application Perl-mailtools Perl-mailtools 1.1401 All All All
Application Perl-mailtools Perl-mailtools 1.15 All All All
Application Perl-mailtools Perl-mailtools 1.40 All All All
Application Perl-mailtools Perl-mailtools 1.42 All All All
Application Perl-mailtools Perl-mailtools 1.44 All All All
Application Perl-mailtools Perl-mailtools 1.47 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-386-1 libmailtools-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
PERL-MailTools Remote Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'GLSA: MailTools' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[Security Announce] Re: MDKSA-2002:076 - perl-MailTools update' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISS X-Force Database: mail-mailer-command-execution (10548): perl-MailTools Mail::Mailer module command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-076.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report