Remote Shell Command Execution Affecting mail package, versions < 2.4.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.47% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-MAIL-20027
  • published13 Mar 2012
  • disclosed13 Mar 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Mar 2012

CVE-2012-2140  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

mail is a Ruby Mail handler gem.

Affected versions of this gem contains a flaw within the sendmail and exim delivery methods, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1