CVE-2017-7692
SquirrelMail 1.4.22 (and other versions before 20170427_0200-SVN) allows post-authentication remote code execution via a sendmail.cf file that is mishandled in a popen call. It's possible to exploit
02 Description
SquirrelMail 1.4.22 (and other versions before 20170427_0200-SVN) allows post-authentication remote code execution via a sendmail.cf file that is mishandled in a popen call. It's possible to exploit
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
- 32.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2017-04-20 14:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6f4111d5c549b9915d44a24df8a924f94c90dc5f13d31c111d9bd0fef0d69f3c
05 Affected products
06 References
- legalhackers.comhttps://legalhackers.com/advisories/SquirrelMail-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2017-7692-Vuln.html
- www.securityfocus.com98067http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98067
- openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/19/6
- www.exploit-db.com41910https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41910/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201709-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-13
- www.debian.orgDSA-3852http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3852
- www.securitytracker.com1038312http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038312
- openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/27/1
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- squirrelmail Fixed in 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- squirrelmail Fixed in 2:1.4.23~svn20120406-2+deb8u1ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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