CVE-2007-3215
PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.
02 Description
PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-06-14 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9f0186197dab5ebfcac73166731330f7e3d1f6ff9e7017d4e8c0a7e6d1fe18b2
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20070611 PHPMailer command executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471065/100/0/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-1315http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1315
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=517428&group_id=157374
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphpmailer-popen-command-execution(34818)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34818
- secunia.com25755http://secunia.com/advisories/25755
- securityreason.com2802http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2802
- osvdb.org76139http://osvdb.org/76139
- www.securityfocus.com24417http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24417
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1734811&group_id=26031&atid=385707
- osvdb.org37206http://osvdb.org/37206
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2267http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2267
- larholm.comhttp://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/
- yehg.nethttp://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce
- secunia.com25626http://secunia.com/advisories/25626
- secunia.com25758http://secunia.com/advisories/25758
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2161http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2161
- seclists.org20111005 vTiger CRM 5.2.x <= Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/223
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 1.73-4
- wordpress Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 1.73-4
- wordpress Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 1.73-4
- wordpress Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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