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CVE-2002-0986: php

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 01-09-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-0986 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 4.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.70%
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

The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.70% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.70%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Php1 product
  • php3.0.18 | 4.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.1:patch1 | 4.0.1:patch2 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.3:patch1 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2

1 vendor · 1 product

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