CVE-2004-2284

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The read_list_from_file function in vacation.pl for OpenWebmail before 2.32 20040629 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename argument.

Affected products

Open Webmail: 1.7, 1.8, 1.71, 1.81, 1.90, 2.20 (+4)

References

http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/cert/advisories/SA-04:04.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/12017
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010605
http://www.osvdb.org/7474
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10637
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16549
http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/cert/advisories/SA-04:04.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/12017
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010605
http://www.osvdb.org/7474
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10637
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16549

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