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CVE-2009-1579

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-94 Code Injection
Publication date:
14/05/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.4.17 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.3pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.3pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.4pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.4pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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