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CVE-2002-1271

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2002-11-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.

Affected Platforms

Perl-Mailtools Perl-Mailtools

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References