VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16744
It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.03%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- mgetty project/mgetty
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgettyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgettyExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.