PT-2009-6206 · Pear · Mail

Alex Legler · Published 2009-11-28 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-4023

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mail package version 1.1.14 for PEAR

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted from parameter in the Mail::Send method. This is a result of an argument injection vulnerability in the sendmail implementation.

Recommendations For Mail package version 1.1.14, avoid using the from parameter in the affected Mail::Send method until the issue is resolved. Consider restricting access to the Mail/sendmail.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-4023

DSA-1938-1

Affected Products

Mail

References · 17

• 🔥 http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4023 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4023 · Vendor Advisory
• http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200&edit=12&patch=quick-fix&revision=1241757412 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/37081 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-4023 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37410 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3300 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54362 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4023 · Note
• http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Mail/trunk/Mail/sendmail.php?r1=243717&r2=280134 · Note