CVE-2009-4111

Exp

Argument injection vulnerability in Mail/sendmail.php in the Mail package 1.1.14, 1.2.0b2, and possibly other versions for PEAR allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files via a crafted $recipients parameter, and possibly other parameters, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4023.

Published: 2009-11-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4111 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.71%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-4111

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4111

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.99% 0.71% -1.29%
2 2025-03-29 0.71% 1.99% +1.29%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.71% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4111

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4111

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4111

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2009-4111 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (php-mail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4111
gentoo high CVE-2009-4111: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-09), 25 atom(s) (app-admin/syslog-ng, app-misc/ca-certificates, …); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-4111
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4111
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-4111 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php-mail), 24 status rows across 24 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 19, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4111

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4111

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pear mail 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:pear:mail:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pear mail 1.2.0b2 cpe:2.3:a:pear:mail:1.2.0b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4111

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