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CVE-2016-9920

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2016-12-08
Updated: 2025-04-12
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Description

steps/mail/sendmail.inc in Roundcube before 1.1.7 and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when no SMTP server is configured and the sendmail program is enabled, does not properly restrict the use of custom envelope-from addresses on the sendmail command line, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a modified HTTP request that sends a crafted e-mail message.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Metadata

Primary Vendor
ROUNDCUBE
Published
12/8/2016
Last Modified
4/12/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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