MEDIUM
email_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4 through 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the -f (From address) option to the Email::Send::Sendmail function, probably involving shell metacharacters
Published Aug 27, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.92%
Description
email_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4 through 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the -f (From address) option to the Email::Send::Sendmail function, probably involving shell metacharacters.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.92% 0.01921
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01921
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01921) | 79.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01921) | 77.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00686) | 70.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.51% (0.01507) | 86.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 6.72% (0.06723) | 94.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 6.93% (0.06926) | 94.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.36% (0.05357) | 93.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2024 | 5.77% (0.05768) | 93.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 4.03% (0.04031) | 91.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 22, 2023 | 3.02% (0.03025) | 89.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 2, 2023 | 2.34% (0.02337) | 88.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.16% (0.02164) | 87.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://osvdb.org/37203 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26584 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26971 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-18.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.4/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477630/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25425 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018604 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386860 x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36243 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/37203 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26584 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26971 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-18.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.4/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477630/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25425 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018604 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2977 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386860 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36243 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 27, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 27, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4538
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a