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CVE-2006-2447
SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands…
Medium5.1EPSS 75.8%
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- redhat
Description
SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted message that is not properly handled when invoking spamd with the virtual pop username.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.8% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- 20482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060607 rPSA-2006-0096-1 spamassassin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 2006-0034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20566 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20430 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.nabble.com/ANNOUNCE%3A-Apache-SpamAssassin-3.1.3-available%21-t1736096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20531 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016230 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-1090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- spamassassin-spamd-command-execution(27008) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20443 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016235 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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