CVE-2007-3215
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.73-4 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.73-4 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.73-4 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.73-4 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.73-4 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | phpmailer/phpmailer | <1.7.4 | 1.7.4 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3215
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2007060063
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34818
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/223
- https://sourceforge.net/p/phpmailer/bugs/192
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070714054359/http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution
- https://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.