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CVE-2014-7844

Date: January 14, 2020

BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address.

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (10)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3104

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7844

Url: http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7844

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-7844

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7844

Url: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-7844

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CWE-74

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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