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CVE-2007-4538
email_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4 through 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the -f (From address) option to the…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.9%
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- mitre
Description
email_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4 through 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the -f (From address) option to the Email::Send::Sendmail function, probably involving shell metacharacters.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 37203 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- GLSA-200709-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20070823 Security Advisory for Bugzilla 3.0, 2.22.1, and 2.20.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- bugzilla-sendmail-command-execution(36243) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386860 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26584 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1018604 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25425 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.4/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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