vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-10045: Command Injection
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 30, 2016 | Aug 30, 2017 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 30, 2016
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the escapeshellarg function and internal escaping performed in the mail function in PHP. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-10033.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-php-phpmaileralpine-linux-upgrade-php5-phpmailer
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