CVE-2009-3250

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The saveForwardAttachments procedure in the Compose Mail functionality in vtiger CRM 5.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by composing an e-mail message with an attachment filename ending in (1) .php in installations based on certain Apache HTTP Server configurations, (2) .php. on Windows, or (3) .php/ on Linux, and then making a direct request to a certain pathname under storage/.

Affected products

Vtiger CRM: 5.0.4

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125060676515670&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/36309
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9450
http://www.osvdb.org/57237
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36062
http://www.ush.it/2009/08/18/vtiger-crm-504-multiple-vulnerabilities/
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-vtigercrm_504/vtigercrm_504.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2319
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125060676515670&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/36309
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9450
http://www.osvdb.org/57237

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