VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-0985

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-09-24
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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