CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0985

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2002-0985 describes a vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 that allows attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA, potentially leading to unauthorized command execution.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized actions on the system, which could result in serious security breaches and data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade PHP to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and review server configurations for additional security measures.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS