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CVE-2002-1271 Details

Description

The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103659723101369&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103679569705086&w=2	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-386	CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10548.php	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-076.php	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_041_perl_mailtools.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6104	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103659723101369&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103679569705086&w=2	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-386	[email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10548.php	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-076.php	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_041_perl_mailtools.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6104	[email protected]

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
perl-mailtools perl-mailtools	1.13 1.15 1.40 1.42 1.44
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.40:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.42:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.44:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.47:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.1401:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

perl-mailtools perl-mailtools

1.13

1.15

1.40

1.42

1.44

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl-mailtools:perl-mailtools:1.1401:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]