THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-1579
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-1579

Squirrelmail vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program.
Affected vendor
Squirrelmail
Affected product
Squirrelmail
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-05-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-1579

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