CVE-2013-4478

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4478
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-07 20:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionSup before 0.13.2.1 and 0.14.x before 0.14.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename of an email attachment.

Risk And Classification

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

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

EPSS: 0.004000000 probability, percentile 0.607570000 (date 2026-04-29)

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 Supmua Sup 0.13.0 All All All
Application Supmua Sup 0.13.1 All All All
Application Supmua Sup 0.14.0 All All All
Application Supmua Sup 0.14.1 All All All
Application Supmua Sup All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA55294 - Sup Attachment File Name and "Content-type" MIME Header OS Command Injection Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA55400 - Debian update for sup-mail - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: sup MUA Command Injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Page not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
security: shellwords escape attachment file names to prevent remote c… · sup-heliotrope/sup@8b46cdb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
[sup-talk] Fwd: Security issue with suggested configuration of sup af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rubyforge.org
[sup-talk] Security advisory, releases 0.13.2.1 and 0.14.1.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rubyforge.org
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