CVE-2016-9920 (GCVE-0-2016-9920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
VLAI
Summary
steps/mail/sendmail.inc in Roundcube before 1.1.7 and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when no SMTP server is configured and the sendmail program is enabled, does not properly restrict the use of custom envelope-from addresses on the sendmail command line, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a modified HTTP request that sends a crafted e-mail message.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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2016-12-08 00:00
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