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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2001-1246 json

PHP 4.0.5 through 4.1.0 in safe mode does not properly cleanse the 5th parameter to the mail() function, which allows local users and possi…

published 2001-06-30 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1227

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.7%
EPSS 9.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

PHP 4.0.5 through 4.1.0 in safe mode does not properly cleanse the 5th parameter to the mail() function, which allows local users and possibly remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2001-1246 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 7.0 Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2002:102

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20985)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20985 PHP 4.x - SafeMode Arbitrary File Execution local, 2001-06-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.