CVE-2010-1132

critical
Published 2010-03-27 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The mlfi_envrcpt function in spamass-milter.cpp in SpamAssassin Milter Plugin 0.3.1, when using the expand option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary system commands via shell metacharacters in the RCPT TO field of an email message.

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.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-11662 remote multiple verified
kingcope ยท 2010-03-09

Apache SpamAssassin Milter Plugin 0.3.1 - Remote Command Execution

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 0.3.1-9
sid Fixed 0.3.1-9
forky Fixed 0.3.1-9
bullseye Fixed 0.3.1-9
bookworm Fixed 0.3.1-9

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
georg_grevespamassassin_milter_plugin0.3.1

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.