CVE-2002-0986

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy."

Affected products

PHP: 3.0.18, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.1-patch1, 4.0.1-patch2, 4.0.2 (+12)

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410609
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_036_modphp4.html
http://www.osvdb.org/2160
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-213.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-214.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-243.html

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