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ubuntu-cve-2016-10074

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-12-30 19:59

Modified

2026-05-20 14:49

Summary

Details

The mail transport (aka Swift_Transport_MailTransport) in Swift Mailer before 5.4.5 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted e-mail address in the (1) From, (2) ReturnPath, or (3) Sender header.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10074	REPORT
	https://legalhackers.com/advisories/SwiftMailer-E…	REPORT
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140290/Swift…	REPORT
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/86	REPORT
	https://github.com/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/blob/5…	REPORT
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40972/	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10074	REPORT

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CVE-2016-10074 (GCVE-0-2016-10074)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-30 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/SwiftMailer-E…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95140	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140290/Swift…	x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/86	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40972/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3769	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://github.com/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/blob/5…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-12-28 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-10074 (GCVE-0-2016-10074)

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