CVE-2003-0990 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the To field of SquirrelMail or GPG Plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-0990?
CVE-2003-0990 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The parseAddress code in (1) SquirrelMail 1.4.0 and (2) GPG Plugin 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the "To:" field.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0990?
How do I fix CVE-2003-0990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2003-0990 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-0990 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mqxh-q47g-h545.