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CVE-2006-4019

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4019 describes a dynamic variable evaluation vulnerability in SquirrelMail versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.7, specifically within the compose.php script. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables, potentially leading to unauthorized access to other users' attachments and preferences. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (medium severity) and an EPSS score indicating higher than 96% of all CVEs, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3_r3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43839 · Aug 11, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0980 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-2.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-2.el4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4019Moderate

security flaw

Aug 11, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2006-August/000970.html
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/21354
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21444
secunia.com / advisories/21586
secunia.com / advisories/22080
secunia.com / advisories/22104
secunia.com / advisories/22487
secunia.com / advisories/26235
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28365
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-577
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11533
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1154
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
osvdb.org / 27917
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0668.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/442980/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/442993/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19486
securityfocus.com / bid/25159
squirrelmail.org / patches/sqm1.4.7-expired-post-fix-full.patch
Patch
squirrelmail.org / security/issue/2006-08-11
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3271
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2732