CVE-2016-10074
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 75.5%libphp-swiftmailer - security update
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 5/27/2026
Description
The mail transport (aka Swift_Transport_MailTransport) in Swift Mailer before 5.4.5 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 e-mail address in the (1) From, (2) ReturnPath, or (3) Sender header.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/libphp-swiftmailerfrom 0, < 5.4.2-1.1
- Debian/libphp-swiftmailerfrom 0, < 4.1.5-1+deb7u1
- Debian/libphp-swiftmailerfrom 0, < 5.2.2-1+deb8u1
- Packagist/swiftmailer/swiftmailerfrom 0, < 5.4.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (12)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10074
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10074
- WEBhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140290/SwiftMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- WEBhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/86
- WEBhttps://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/CVE-2016-10074.yaml
- WEBhttps://github.com/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/blob/5.x/CHANGES
- WEBhttps://legalhackers.com/advisories/SwiftMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10074-Vuln.html
- WEBhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40972
- WEBhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986
- WEBhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3769
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95140