CVE-2011-0018
The email function in manage_sql.c in OpenVAS Manager 1.0.x through 1.0.3 and 2.0.x through 2.0rc2 allows remote authenticated users to…
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- redhat
Description
The email function in manage_sql.c in OpenVAS Manager 1.0.x through 1.0.3 and 2.0.x through 2.0rc2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via the (1) To or (2) From e-mail address in an OMP request to the Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA).
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 16086 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 20110125 [OVSA20110118] OpenVAS Manager Vulnerable To Command Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 43037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 45987 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20110118.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 70639 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 16086 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- openvas-email-command-execution(65011) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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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