MEDIUM
php-pear-Mail: Absent sanitization of mail header fields
Published Nov 28, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.64%
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Mail/sendmail.php in the Mail package 1.1.14, 1.2.0b2, and possibly other versions for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $recipients parameter, and possibly other parameters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4023.
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.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
1.64% 0.01637
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01637
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.64% (0.01637) | 75.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.64% (0.01637) | 73.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00707) | 69.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.99% (0.01995) | 72.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00707) | 70.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.16% (0.03161) | 91.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 3.16% (0.03161) | 89.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.97% (0.03969) | 90.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- 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_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37458 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37395 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4111 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540842 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4111
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4111
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| 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_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37458 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37395 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4111 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540842 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4111 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4111 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 28, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 28, 2009
Link CVE-2009-4111
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a