CVE-2009-4111

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4111
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-29 13:07:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionArgument injection vulnerability in Mail/sendmail.php in the Mail package 1.1.14, 1.2.0b2, and possibly other versions for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $recipients parameter, and possibly other parameters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4023.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pear Mail 1.1.14 All All All
Application Pear Mail 1.2.0b2 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
PEAR Sendmail 'Recipient' Parameter Arbitrary Argument Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Argument injections in multiple PEAR packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug #16200 :: security hole allow to read/write Arbitrary File af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for php-mail - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE request: Argument injections in multiple PEAR packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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