CVE-2004-2771
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 6.86%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 94
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61585
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61693
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=278748
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1999.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1999.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61585
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61693
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3105
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=278748
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