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GHSA-cxf7-m5g2-v594 Zend-Mail remote code execution in zend-mail via Sendmail adapter

HIGH Published 2024-06-07 Modified 2024-06-07 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
zendframework/zend-mail
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-74
Reviewed
2024-06-07

Affected packages

• Packagist zendframework/zend-mail: >= 2.0.0, < 2.4.11 → fixed in 2.4.11 • Packagist zendframework/zend-mail: >= 2.5.0, < 2.7.2 → fixed in 2.7.2

Description

When using the zend-mail component to send email via the `Zend\Mail\Transport\Sendmail` transport, a malicious user may be able to inject arbitrary parameters to the system sendmail program. The attack is performed by providing additional quote characters within an address; when unsanitized, they can be interpreted as additional command line arguments, leading to the vulnerability. The following example demonstrates injecting additional parameters to the sendmail binary via the From address: ``` use Zend\Mail; $mail = new Mail\Message(); $mail->setBody('This is the text of the email.'); // inject additional parameters to sendmail command line $mail->setFrom('"AAA\" params injection"@domain', 'Sender\'s name'); $mail->addTo('hacker@localhost', 'Name of recipient'); $mail->setSubject('TestSubject'); $transport = new Mail\Transport\Sendmail(); $transport->send($mail); ``` The attack works because zend-mail filters the email addresses using the RFC 3696 specification, where the string "AAA\" params injection"@domain is considered a valid address. This validation is provided using the zend-validator component with the following parameters: ``` Zend\Validator\EmailAddress( Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_DNS | Zend\Validator\Hostname::ALLOW_LOCAL ) ``` The above accepts local domain with any string specified by double quotes as the local part. While this is valid per RFC 3696, due to the fact that sender email addresses are provided to the sendmail binary via the command line, they create the vulnerability described above.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

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