CVE-2004-0324 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Confirm 0.62 and earlier could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail header that contains shell metacharacters such as ", `, |, ;, or $.

Published: 2004-03-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.50:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.51:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.52:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.53:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.54:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.55:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.60:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.61:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:confirm:confirm:0.62:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0324	Confirm 0.62 and earlier could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail header that contains shell metacharacters such as ", `, \|, ;, or $.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01922.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107757320401858&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9728
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15290

History

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Subscriptions

Confirm Confirm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-03-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.639Z

Reserved: 2004-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0324

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-02-23T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0324

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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