CVE-2007-4538

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4538
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-27 21:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionemail_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4 through 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the -f (From address) option to the Email::Send::Sendmail function, probably involving shell metacharacters.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.23.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 2.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 3.0.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
osvdb.org/37203 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
386860 – [SECURITY] Insufficient escaping of From address when using Sendmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Bugzilla Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Bugzilla Security Issue and Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Bugzilla Bugs Let Remote Users Inject Commands, Obtain Restricted Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Bugzilla: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for bugzilla - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
2.20.4, 2.22.2, and 3.0 Security Advisory :: Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.bugzilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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