# CVE-2002-0985: Command injection in n/a

> Attackers can inject arguments into the PHP mail function to bypass safe mode and potentially execute arbitrary commands on the mail server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2004
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-39rv-383r-32wp

## What is CVE-2002-0985?

CVE-2002-0985 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Php Php, published on 1 Sep 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.

Weakness: CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0985?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Openpkg Openpkg, Php Php.

## How do I fix CVE-2002-0985?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2002-0985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Php Php

- [CVE-2004-1019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1019/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1065/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0413](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0413/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0957/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2003-0147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0147/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-0985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2002-0985 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Php Php, published on 1 Sep 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Php Php. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0985/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-0985

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.