HIGH
php-pear-Mail: Absent sanitization of mail header fields
Published Nov 28, 2009
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.40%
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in the sendmail implementation of the Mail::Send method (Mail/sendmail.php) in the Mail package 1.1.14 for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $from parameter, a different vector than CVE-2009-4111.
Affected products
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.40% 0.02402
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02402
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02402) | 83.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02402) | 81.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.14% (0.03135) | 85.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.64% (0.06636) | 84.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.70% (0.02700) | 84.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.31% (0.05313) | 92.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 2.74% (0.02739) | 89.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.45% (0.03445) | 89.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.12th | 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 (1)
References (16)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200&edit=12&patch=quick-fix&revision=1241757412 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37410 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37458 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Mail/trunk/Mail/sendmail.php?r1=243717&r2=280134 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37081 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3300 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4023 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540842 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54362 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4023
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4023
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Nov 28, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 20, 2009
Link CVE-2009-4023
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a