CVE-2007-4538
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
email_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4 through 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the -f (From address) option to the Email::Send::Sendmail function, probably involving shell metacharacters.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4521)
- Published
- August 27, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4521 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / bugzilla
- mozilla / bugzilla
- mozilla / bugzilla
- mozilla / bugzilla
- mozilla / bugzilla
- mozilla / bugzilla
References
- http://osvdb.org/37203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26584(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26971
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-18.xml
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.4/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477630/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25425(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018604
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386860
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36243
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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