CVE-2006-2447
SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 75.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted message that is not properly handled when invoking spamd with the virtual pop username.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- SpamAssassin spamd Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/misc/spamassassin_execRank excellentdisclosed 6 Jun 2006
Exploit-DB2 entries
- SpamAssassin spamd - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16920remote, linuxpublished 30 Apr 2010Verified
- SpamAssassin spamd 3.1.3 - Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9914remote, unixpublished 6 Jun 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.8% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References19
- 20482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060607 rPSA-2006-0096-1 spamassassin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 2006-0034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20566 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20430 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.nabble.com/ANNOUNCE%3A-Apache-SpamAssassin-3.1.3-available%21-t1736096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20531 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016230 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-1090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- spamassassin-spamd-command-execution(27008) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20443 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016235 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2448 (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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