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CVE-2009-4111

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4111 describes an argument injection vulnerability in the Mail/sendmail.php component of the PEAR Mail package (versions 1.1.14, 1.2.0b2, and potentially others). This flaw allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files by manipulating the $recipients parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity but allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:mail:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0b2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:mail:1.2.0b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0164 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-4111Important

php-pear-Mail: Absent sanitization of mail header fields

May 7, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
pear.php.net / bugs/bug.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/37458
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1938
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/2
securityfocus.com / bid/37395