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CVE-2017-15806
The send function in the ezcMailMtaTransport class in Zeta Components Mail before 1.8.2 does not properly restrict the set of characters…
High8.1EPSS 10.7%
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- mitre
Description
The send function in the ezcMailMtaTransport class in Zeta Components Mail before 1.8.2 does not properly restrict the set of characters used in the ezcMail returnPath property, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted email address, as demonstrated by one containing "-X/path/to/wwwroot/file.php."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.7% · top 4.2% 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: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistzetacomponents/mailGHSA-hgr8-g756-vmg9 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- 43155 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15806-critical-rce-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15806-yuan-cheng-dai-ma-zhi-xing-lou-dong/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/zetacomponents/Mail/issues/58 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/zetacomponents/Mail/releases/tag/1.8.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 101866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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 Advisory GHSA-hgr8-g756-vmg9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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