CVE-2002-0986
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txt
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410609
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_036_modphp4.html