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CVE-2009-1579
The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
27
- APPLE-SA-2010-06-15-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10986 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php?r1=13674&r2=13673&pathrev=13674 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2146 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:110 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 34916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/doc/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-4870 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35140 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://download.gna.org/nasmail/nasmail-1.7.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-4880 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500360 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40220 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35259 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35052 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-4875 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- squirrelmail-mapypalias-code-execution(50461) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 37415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35073 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail?view=rev&revision=13674 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3315 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2009-05-10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1802 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2009-1575 (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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