CVE-2002-1271
N/A
Published: September 1, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPerl Mailtools
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103659723101369&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103679569705086&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-386VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10548.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-076.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_041_perl_mailtools.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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