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CVE-2002-0985

Published: Sep 1, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-88
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.0%
Top 14.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-88

Affected Products

phpphp
Dev Tool
OSS Libraries / generic-library
openpkgopenpkg
On-prem
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
n/an/a
phposs-projectUSOSS Librariesaka php language, pecl, pear
openpkgoss-projectDevTools & CI

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txt
ftp.caldera.com
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545
distro.conectiva.com.br
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2
marc.info
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Timeline

Published
Sep 1, 2004
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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