CVE-2018-16744

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mgetty_project:mgetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-09-13 16:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2018-16744

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16744

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16744

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mgetty_project

mgetty

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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