CVE-2017-15806
The send function in the ezcMailMtaTransport class in Zeta Components Mail before 1.8.2 does not properly restrict the set of characters…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 10.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The send function in the ezcMailMtaTransport class in Zeta Components Mail before 1.8.2 does not properly restrict the set of characters used in the ezcMail returnPath property, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted email address, as demonstrated by one containing "-X/path/to/wwwroot/file.php."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Zeta Components Mail 1.8.1 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43155webapps, phppublished 16 Nov 2017Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 43155 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.7% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistzetacomponents/mailGHSA-hgr8-g756-vmg9 (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- 43155 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15806-critical-rce-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/cve-2017-15806-yuan-cheng-dai-ma-zhi-xing-lou-dong/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/zetacomponents/Mail/issues/58 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/zetacomponents/Mail/releases/tag/1.8.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 101866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2022-4148 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hgr8-g756-vmg9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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