CVE-2009-4111

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% 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 Mail/sendmail.php in the Mail package 1.1.14, 1.2.0b2, and possibly other versions for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $recipients parameter, and possibly other parameters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4023.

Affected products

pear Mail: 1.1.14, 1.2.0b2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200
http://secunia.com/advisories/37458
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37395
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200
http://secunia.com/advisories/37458
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938

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