CVE-2014-7844

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-7844
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2020-01-14T17:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T00:42:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-74 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:bsd_mailx_project:bsd_mailx:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3104 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1999
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7844
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162783
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7844
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7844
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:52:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 09:22:16 2020-01-14T17:15Z 2020-01-14T17:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 09:22:16 2020-01-21T16:05:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 09:22:16 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 21:09:27 2023-02-02T20:18:38 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 21:09:27 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 21:09:27 BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address. A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters (CVE-2004-2771) and the direct command execution functionality (CVE-2014-7844). Description updated
2023-02-02 21:09:28 References updated
2023-02-13 01:10:04 2023-02-13T00:42:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:10:05 A flaw was found in the way mailx handled the parsing of email addresses. A syntactically valid email address could allow a local attacker to cause mailx to execute arbitrary shell commands through shell meta-characters (CVE-2004-2771) and the direct command execution functionality (CVE-2014-7844). BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted email address. Description updated