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CVE-2004-1993

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 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: 2004-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The patch to the checklogin function in omail.pl for omail webmail 0.98.5 is incomplete, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters such as "`" (backticks) in the password.

Affected products

• Omail Webmail: 0.97.3, 0.98.3, 0.98.5

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377215015515&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/9585
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10274
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12948
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377215015515&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/9585
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10274
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12948

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