PT-2009-6290 · Pear · Pear Mail Package

Steven M. Christey · Published 2009-11-28 · Updated 2010-12-07 · CVE-2009-4111

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PEAR Mail package versions 1.1.14, 1.2.0b2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted recipients parameter, and possibly other parameters, in the Mail/sendmail.php file.

Recommendations For PEAR Mail package version 1.1.14, avoid using the recipients parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. For PEAR Mail package version 1.2.0b2, restrict access to the vulnerable 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-2009-4111

DSA-1938-1

Affected Products

Pear Mail Package

References · 15

• 🔥 http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200 · Exploit
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4111 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4111 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4111 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-4111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-4111 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37458 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/37395 · Note