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>> PHPMailer "SendmailSend()" Function Remote Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
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Title : PHPMailer "SendmailSend()" Function Remote Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2161
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3215
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-06-13
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A vulnerability has been identified in PHPMailer, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "SendmailSend()" [class.phpmailer.php] function that does not validate the "Sender" property before being passed as an argument to the command line, which could be exploited by remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the web server.
Affected Products
PHPMailer version 1.73 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2161
http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Thor Larholm.
ChangeLog
2007-06-13 : Initial release
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