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CVE-2003-0990
published 2004-01-20

CVE-2003-0990: The parseAddress code in (1) SquirrelMail 1.4.0 and (2) GPG Plugin 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the "To:" field.

PriorityP354high7.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPIPAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
28.79%
97.9th percentile
The parseAddress code in (1) SquirrelMail 1.4.0 and (2) GPG Plugin 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the "To:" field.

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • ·The Metasploit module requires MAILFROM, MAILTO, and optionally SUBJECT to be configured; the payload is embedded in the email body and the To: header must contain shell metacharacters to trigger the vulnerability.
  • ·Only cmd/unix/generic payload types (perl, ruby, bash, telnet) were validated against this module; other payload types may not function correctly.
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