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TI-2002-00957 Aliases CVE-2002-0985GHSA-39rv-383r-32wp

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow…

Priority LOW 38CWE-88Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-88.

Summary

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02951 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0 – 4.2.2VulnerablePHP
cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableOpenpkg
cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2VulnerableOpenpkg
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 – 4.2.2 Vulnerable ·PHP
  • cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Openpkg
  • cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 Vulnerable ·Openpkg

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2003:159 Released 2003-06-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    : : : New PHP packages fix vulnerabilities
    • Red Hat Linux 7.1
  • RHSA-2002:244 Released 2002-11-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    apache, mod_ssl, php security update for Stronghold
    • Red Hat Stronghold 4
  • RHSA-2002:243 Released 2002-11-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    apache, mod_ssl, php security update for Stronghold
    • Red Hat Stronghold 3
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2002:248 Released 2002-11-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    apache, mod_ssl, php security update for Stronghold
    • Stronghold 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2002:214
Red Hat Linux 7.0Fixed RHSA-2002:213
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2002:213
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2002:213
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2002:213
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2002:214
Red Hat Stronghold 3Fixed RHSA-2002:243
Red Hat Stronghold 4Fixed RHSA-2002:244
Stronghold 4 for Red Hat Enterprise LinuxFixed RHSA-2002:248

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0985
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-39rv-383r-32wp

References

Patch 2

Advisory 10

Other 1

Sources

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