CVE-2002-0985 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PH)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0985 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.5 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | CWE-88 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-09-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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