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CVE-2004-2771

Published: Dec 24, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
6.9%
Top 6.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.

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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-20

Affected Products

oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
linuxOn-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
bsd mailx project
oss-projectaka bsd-mailx
bsd mailxMixed
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
heirloom
oss-project
mailx
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html
linux.oracle.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066
seclists.org
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