5.1

CVE-2006-2447: apache spamassassin

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2006:0543DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2447DSA-1090-1
Published 06-06-2006Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-2447 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in apache spamassassin. EPSS estimates a 75.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Prioritiseweaponized exploit

Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 30-04-2010)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
75.81%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits3exploit-database, metasploit

Timeline

  1. 06-06-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted message that is not properly handled when invoking spamd with the virtual pop username.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

75.81%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 75.81% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

3 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    SpamAssassin spamd - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremoteunixVerified

    SpamAssassin spamd 3.1.3 - Command Injection (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    SpamAssassin spamd Remote Command Execution

    exploit/unix/misc/spamassassin_exec

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat2 products
  • spamassassin< 0:3.0.6-1.el4
  • spamassassin-debuginfo< 0:3.0.6-1.el4
Apache1 product
Debian1 product
  • spamassassin< 3.0.3-2sarge1 | < 3.1.3-1

3 vendors · 4 products

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