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CVE-2018-16741 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the ||, &&, or > characters within a file created by the "faxq-helper activate <jobid>" command.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-78	Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mgetty project mgetty	< 1.2.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mgetty_project:mgetty:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Nov 1, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]