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CVE-2002-1271
The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote…
High7.5EPSS 3.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- DSA-386 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- mail-mailer-command-execution(10548) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20021106 GLSA: MailTools (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20021108 [Security Announce] Re: MDKSA-2002:076 - perl-MailTools update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6104 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:076 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2002:041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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