CVE-2002-0986
N/A
Published: September 1, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txt
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_036_modphp4.html
References (17)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410609Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_036_modphp4.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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