CVE-2002-0985 describes an argument injection vulnerability in the mail() function of PHP versions 4.x through 4.2.2, affecting products like OpenPKG and PHP itself. This flaw allows attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions by manipulating the fifth argument to mail(), enabling modification of command-line arguments passed to the underlying Mail Transfer Agent (MTA), such as Sendmail. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0, <= 4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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