CVE-2012-2140

rubygem-mail: arbitrary command execution when using exim or sendmail from commandline

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2) exim delivery.

La gema Mail antes de v2.4.3 para Ruby permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar comandos arbitrarios a través de metacaracteres en (1) sendmail o (2) una entrega exim.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-04-04 CVE Reserved
2012-07-18 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/8	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/26/1	Mailing List
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759092	X_refsource_misc
https://github.com/mikel/mail/blob/9beb079c70d236a5ad2e1ba95b2c977e55deb7af/CHANGELOG.rdoc	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/39b590ddb08f90ddbe445837359a2c8843e533d0	2024-08-06
https://github.com/mikel/mail/commit/ac56f03bdfc30b379aeecd4ff317d08fdaa328c2	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080645.html	2012-10-30
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080648.html	2012-10-30
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080747.html	2012-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/48970	2012-10-30
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816352	2012-10-30
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2140	2012-12-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Rubygems Search vendor "Rubygems"		Mail Gem Search vendor "Rubygems" for product "Mail Gem"				<= 2.4.1 Search vendor "Rubygems" for product "Mail Gem" and version " <= 2.4.1"		-		Affected
Rubygems Search vendor "Rubygems"		Mail Gem Search vendor "Rubygems" for product "Mail Gem"				2.3.2 Search vendor "Rubygems" for product "Mail Gem" and version "2.3.2"		-		Affected
Rubygems Search vendor "Rubygems"		Mail Gem Search vendor "Rubygems" for product "Mail Gem"				2.3.3 Search vendor "Rubygems" for product "Mail Gem" and version "2.3.3"		-		Affected