CVE-2005-0239 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

viewcert.php in the S/MIME plugin 0.4 and 0.5 for Squirrelmail allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the cert parameter.

Published: 2005-02-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:s_mime_plugin:0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:s_mime_plugin:0.5:::::::*

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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-2005-0240	viewcert.php in the S/MIME plugin 0.4 and 0.5 for Squirrelmail allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the cert parameter.

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 0.01788.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=191&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/502328
http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=54
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19242

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Squirrelmail S Mime Plugin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-07T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.455Z

Reserved: 2005-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0239

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-0239

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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