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CVE-2017-7692

· Published 20/04/2017 16:59 · Modified 29/05/2026 12:20 · Author: The MITRE Corporation

Labels: CVE-2017-7692

Essential information

Published
20/04/2017 16:59
Modified
29/05/2026 12:20
Author
The MITRE Corporation
Creator
The MITRE Corporation
CVSS
9.0 (v2)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CWE-20
EPSS (First)
P94.7% ?EPSS percentile: rank of this vulnerability versus all others. Higher percentile = more likely to be exploited. Learn more (score 0.15545)
CVSS vector

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Description

SquirrelMail 1.4.22 (and other versions before 20170427_0200-SVN) allows post-authentication remote code execution via a sendmail.cf file that is mishandled in a popen call. It's possible to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shell commands on the remote server. The problem is in the Deliver_SendMail.class.php with the initStream function that uses escapeshellcmd() to sanitize the sendmail command before executing it. The use of escapeshellcmd() is not correct in this case since it doesn't escape whitespaces, allowing the injection of arbitrary command parameters. The problem is in -f$envelopefrom within the sendmail command line. Hence, if the target server uses sendmail and SquirrelMail is configured to use it as a command-line program, it's possible to trick sendmail into using an attacker-provided configuration file that triggers the execution of an arbitrary command. For exploitation, the attacker must upload a sendmail.cf file as an email attachment, and inject the sendmail.cf filename with the -C option within the "Options > Personal Informations > Email Address" setting.

NVD status

NVD
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