CVE-2011-0018

critical

Published 2011-01-28 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

The email function in manage_sql.c in OpenVAS Manager 1.0.x through 1.0.3 and 2.0.x through 2.0rc2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via the (1) To or (2) From e-mail address in an OMP request to the Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA).

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.

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-16086 local linux verified

Tim Brown · 2011-01-31

OpenVAS Manager - Command Injection

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
openvas	openvas_manager	`1.0.0`
openvas	openvas_manager	`1.0.1`
openvas	openvas_manager	`1.0.2`
openvas	openvas_manager	`1.0.3`
openvas	openvas_manager	`2.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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