CVE-2009-4023

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4023
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-29 13:07:35 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionArgument injection vulnerability in the sendmail implementation of the Mail::Send method (Mail/sendmail.php) in the Mail package 1.1.14 for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $from parameter, a different vector than CVE-2009-4111.

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: CWE-94 | 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 Pear Pear 1.1.14 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
294256 – <dev-php/PEAR-Mail-1.2.0: Argument Injection (CVE-2009-{4023,4111}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1938-1 php-mail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
PHP: Diff of /pear/packages/Mail/trunk/Mail/sendmail.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.php.net
Bug #16200 :: security hole allow to read/write Arbitrary File af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug #16200 :: security hole allow to read/write Arbitrary File af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch
Debian update for php-mail - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PEAR Mail Sendmail "Mail::Send()" Argument Injection Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: Argument injections in multiple PEAR packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
PEAR Sendmail 'From' Parameter Arbitrary Argument Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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