CVE-2006-2447 EXPLOIT
5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 75.8% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted message that is not properly handled when invoking spamd with the virtual pop username.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 75.81% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-06-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | spamassassin |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | SpamAssassin spamd - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) | 2010-04-30 |
| exploit-db | SpamAssassin spamd 3.1.3 - Command Injection (Metasploit) | 2006-06-06 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20430
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20443
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20482
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20566
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20692
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016230
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016235
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1090
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-09.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:103
- http://www.nabble.com/ANNOUNCE%3A-Apache-SpamAssassin-3.1.3-available%21-t1736096.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0543.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436288/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18290
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2148
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27008
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20430
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