CVE-2006-0631 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in Erik C. Thauvin's mailback.pl script. This flaw allows remote attackers to manipulate mail headers, including recipient addresses, by injecting newline characters into the Subject field, effectively turning the script into a "spam proxy." With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to integrity compromise but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:erik_c._thauvin:mailback:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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