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CVE-2016-10045

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Date: December 30, 2016

The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the escapeshellarg function and internal escaping performed in the mail function in PHP. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-10033.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (18)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10045

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/28/1

Url: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.20

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539967/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95130

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/81

Url: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/

Url: http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection

Url: https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10045-Vuln-Patch-Bypass.html

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140286/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533

Url: https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10045

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-10045

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Command Injection

CWE-77

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 5.2.20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2016-10045

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Date: December 30, 2016

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (18)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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