CVE-2009-4023
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD
Argument injection vulnerability in the sendmail implementation of the Mail::Send method (Mail/sendmail.php) in the Mail package 1.1.14 for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $from parameter, a different vector than CVE-2009-4111.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3994)
- Published
- November 29, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3994 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pear / pear
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16200&edit=12&patch=quick-fix&revision=1241757412(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37410(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37458
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Mail/trunk/Mail/sendmail.php?r1=243717&r2=280134
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1938
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37081(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3300(Patch)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294256
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54362
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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