Description
The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-1255 The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.
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Perl-mailtools Perl-mailtools
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.466Z

Reserved: 2002-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1271

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Status : Modified

Published: 2002-11-12T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1271

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