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CVE-2003-0990
The parseAddress code in (1) SquirrelMail 1.4.0 and (2) GPG Plugin 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell…
High7.5EPSS 28.8%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The parseAddress code in (1) SquirrelMail 1.4.0 and (2) GPG Plugin 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the "To:" field.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 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)
- 28.8% · top 1.8% 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 (5)
- squirrelmail-parseaddress-command-execution(14079) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.bugtraq.org/advisories/_BSSADV-0001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20031224 Bugtraq Security Systems ADV-0001 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 9296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20031226 Re: Reported Command Injection in Squirrelmail GPG (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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