CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9920
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
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.
Affected configurations
• roundcube webmail (<= 1.1.6)
• roundcube webmail 1.2.0
• roundcube webmail 1.2.1
• roundcube webmail 1.2.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94858 www.securityfocus.com
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2016/roundcube-command-execution-via-email/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://roundcube.net/news/2016/11/28/updates-1.2.3-and-1.1.7-released Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-44 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94858 www.securityfocus.com
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2016/roundcube-command-execution-via-email/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://roundcube.net/news/2016/11/28/updates-1.2.3-and-1.1.7-released Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-44 security.gentoo.org