CVE-2009-4023

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the sendmail implementation of the Mail::Send method (Mail/sendmail.php) in the Mail package 1.1.14 for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $from parameter, a different vector than CVE-2009-4111.

Affected products

Pear: 1.1.14

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200
http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200&edit=12&patch=quick-fix&revision=1241757412
http://secunia.com/advisories/37410
http://secunia.com/advisories/37458
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Mail/trunk/Mail/sendmail.php?r1=243717&r2=280134
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37081
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3300
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54362

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