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CVE-2016-10045

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the escapeshellarg function and internal escaping performed in the mail function in PHP. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-10033.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/30/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

joomla:joomla\!phpmailer_project:phpmailerwordpress:wordpress

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/28/1(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140286/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/81(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539967/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95130(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533(cve@mitre.org)

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.20(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities(cve@mitre.org)

https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10045-Vuln-Patch-Bypass.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/(cve@mitre.org)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/28/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140286/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/81(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539967/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95130(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.20(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10045-Vuln-Patch-Bypass.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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