CVE-2022-40741 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mail SQR Expert’s specific function has insufficient filtering for special characters. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform arbitrary system command and disrupt service.

Published: 2022-10-31

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SOFTNEXT TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

Mail SQR Expert

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2dut.190301`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:softnext:mail_sqr_expert:2dut.190301:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update Mail SQR Expert version to 2dut.220701 (The version except FreeBSD 9.x device)

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-44009	Mail SQR Expert’s specific function has insufficient filtering for special characters. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform arbitrary system command and disrupt service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01076.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6643-89bfa-1.html

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Softnext Mail Sqr Expert

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: twcert

Published: 2022-10-31T06:40:41.572Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T19:27:58.185Z

Reserved: 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40741

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:28:41.362Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-31T07:15:10.707

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:01:57.803

Link: CVE-2022-40741

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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