UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10033

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10033
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10033.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10033
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Published
2016-12-30T19:59:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T17:51:11Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a " (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libphp-phpmailer

Package

Name
libphp-phpmailer
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libphp-phpmailer@5.2.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.2.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

5.*
5.2.10+dfsg-1
5.2.14+dfsg-1
5.2.14+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libphp-phpmailer",
            "binary_version": "5.2.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10033.json"