CVE-2008-5619 (GCVE-0-2008-5619)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-17 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:56
VLAI?
Summary
html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8be… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/53893 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/34789 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/33170 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33145 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public ?
2008-12-12 00:00
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T10:56:47.370Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533"
          },
          {
            "name": "7549",
            "tags": [
              "exploit",
              "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549"
          },
          {
            "name": "7553",
            "tags": [
              "exploit",
              "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553"
          },
          {
            "name": "FEDORA-2008-11234",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_FEDORA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "ADV-2008-3418",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_VUPEN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148"
          },
          {
            "name": "53893",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_OSVDB",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://osvdb.org/53893"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542"
          },
          {
            "name": "34789",
            "tags": [
              "third-party-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SECUNIA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/34789"
          },
          {
            "name": "ADV-2008-3419",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_VUPEN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618"
          },
          {
            "name": "FEDORA-2008-11220",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_FEDORA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20081212 CVE Request - roundcubemail",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1"
          },
          {
            "name": "33170",
            "tags": [
              "third-party-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SECUNIA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33170"
          },
          {
            "name": "33145",
            "tags": [
              "third-party-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SECUNIA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33145"
          },
          {
            "name": "20081222 POC for CVE-2008-5619 (roundcubemail PHP arbitrary code injection)",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2008-12-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2018-10-11T19:57:01.000Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533"
        },
        {
          "name": "7549",
          "tags": [
            "exploit",
            "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549"
        },
        {
          "name": "7553",
          "tags": [
            "exploit",
            "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553"
        },
        {
          "name": "FEDORA-2008-11234",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_FEDORA"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "ADV-2008-3418",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_VUPEN"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148"
        },
        {
          "name": "53893",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_OSVDB"
          ],
          "url": "http://osvdb.org/53893"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542"
        },
        {
          "name": "34789",
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SECUNIA"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/34789"
        },
        {
          "name": "ADV-2008-3419",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_VUPEN"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618"
        },
        {
          "name": "FEDORA-2008-11220",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_FEDORA"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20081212 CVE Request - roundcubemail",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1"
        },
        {
          "name": "33170",
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SECUNIA"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33170"
        },
        {
          "name": "33145",
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SECUNIA"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33145"
        },
        {
          "name": "20081222 POC for CVE-2008-5619 (roundcubemail PHP arbitrary code injection)",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2008-5619",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533"
            },
            {
              "name": "7549",
              "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB",
              "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549"
            },
            {
              "name": "7553",
              "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB",
              "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553"
            },
            {
              "name": "FEDORA-2008-11234",
              "refsource": "FEDORA",
              "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "ADV-2008-3418",
              "refsource": "VUPEN",
              "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148"
            },
            {
              "name": "53893",
              "refsource": "OSVDB",
              "url": "http://osvdb.org/53893"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542"
            },
            {
              "name": "34789",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/34789"
            },
            {
              "name": "ADV-2008-3419",
              "refsource": "VUPEN",
              "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618"
            },
            {
              "name": "FEDORA-2008-11220",
              "refsource": "FEDORA",
              "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20081212 CVE Request - roundcubemail",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1"
            },
            {
              "name": "33170",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33170"
            },
            {
              "name": "33145",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33145"
            },
            {
              "name": "20081222 POC for CVE-2008-5619 (roundcubemail PHP arbitrary code injection)",
              "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2008-5619",
    "datePublished": "2008-12-17T02:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2008-12-16T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T10:56:47.370Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2008-5619",
      "date": "2026-05-02",
      "epss": "0.77692",
      "percentile": "0.99007"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2008-5619\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2008-12-17T02:30:00.250\",\"lastModified\":\"2026-04-23T00:35:47.467\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"html2text.php en Chuggnutt HTML a Text Converter, como se usa en PHPMailer en versiones anteriores a 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha y 0.2-3.beta, Mahara y AtMail Open 1.03, permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario a trav\u00e9s de entrada manipulada que se procesa por la funci\u00f3n preg_replace con el interruptor de eval.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C\",\"baseScore\":10.0,\"accessVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"accessComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"exploitabilityScore\":10.0,\"impactScore\":10.0,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":true,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":false}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-94\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:0.2.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F467A8BF-1792-47E1-9C3D-4A4AB0DD17AA\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:0.2.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"E083F7E9-44BE-4247-B93B-20E326D7FBF0\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://osvdb.org/53893\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/33145\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/33170\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/34789\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\"]},{\"url\":\"http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://osvdb.org/53893\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/33145\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/33170\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://secunia.com/advisories/34789\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\"]},{\"url\":\"http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.