CVE-2017-15806 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The send function in the ezcMailMtaTransport class in Zeta Components Mail before 1.8.2 does not properly restrict the set of characters used in the ezcMail returnPath property, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted email address, as demonstrated by one containing "-X/path/to/wwwroot/file.php."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20401.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Zetacomponents	Mail

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zetacomponents:mail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-hgr8-g756-vmg9	Zeta Components Mail Arbitrary code execution via a crafted email address

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101866
https://github.com/zetacomponents/Mail/issues/58
https://github.com/zetacomponents/Mail/releases/tag/1.8.2
https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15806-critical-rce-vulnerability/
https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15806-yuan-cheng-dai-ma-zhi-xing-lou-dong/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43155/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-15T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:04:50.350Z

Reserved: 2017-10-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15806

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-15T16:29:00.483

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-15806

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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