Vulnerability CVE-2002-1271
Published: 2002-11-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Perl-mailtools -> Perl-mailtools 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103659723101369&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103679569705086&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-386
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10548.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-076.php
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_041_perl_mailtools.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6104
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