MEDIUM
The deliver function in the sendmail delivery agent (lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/sendmail.rb) in Ruby Mail gem 2.2.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an e-mail address
Published Feb 2, 2011
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.71%
Description
The deliver function in the sendmail delivery agent (lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/sendmail.rb) in Ruby Mail gem 2.2.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an e-mail address.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.2.14
- 1.0.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.2.8
- 1.2.9
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.6.0
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.5
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.5.1
- 2.1.5.2
- 2.1.5.3
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.5.1
- 2.2.5.2
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.6.1
- 2.2.7
- 2.2.9
- 2.2.9.1
- 2.2.10
- 2.2.11
- 2.2.12
- 2.2.13
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.
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.
2.71% 0.02706
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02706
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.71% (0.02706) | 85.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.71% (0.02706) | 83.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.73% (0.00735) | 71.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.26% (0.01260) | 86.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 19, 2024 | 1.26% (0.01260) | 85.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.25% (0.01248) | 83.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://groups.google.com/group/mail-ruby/browse_thread/thread/e93bbd05706478dd?pli=1 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://osvdb.org/70667 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43077 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46021 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0233 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65010 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cpjc-p7fc-j9xh Advisory
- https://github.com/mikel/mail/raw/master/patches/20110126_sendmail.patch x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mail/CVE-2011-0739.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0739
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228225346/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46021
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://groups.google.com/group/mail-ruby/browse_thread/thread/e93bbd05706478dd?pli=1 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://osvdb.org/70667 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/43077 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46021 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0233 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65010 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cpjc-p7fc-j9xh | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/mikel/mail/raw/master/patches/20110126_sendmail.patch | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mail/CVE-2011-0739.yml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0739 | ||
| https://web.archive.org/web/20200228225346/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46021 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 2, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 1, 2011
Link CVE-2011-0739
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-CPJC-P7FC-J9XH Updated n/a