7.5

CVE-2002-0985: openpkg Argument Injection

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 01-09-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-0985 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Argument Injection vulnerability in openpkg. EPSS estimates a 2.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.95%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-168

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.95% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.95%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Openpkg1 product
Php1 product
  • php≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.2.2

2 vendors · 2 products

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