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CVE-2007-3215

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Description

PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.

References

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1734811&group_id=26031&atid=385707

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34818

http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2267

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2161

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24417

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471065/100/0/threaded

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1315

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=517428&group_id=157374

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2802

http://secunia.com/advisories/25758

http://secunia.com/advisories/25755

http://secunia.com/advisories/25626

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/223

http://osvdb.org/76139

http://osvdb.org/37206

http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-06-14

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02863

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