CVE-2006-2447

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    CVE-2006-2447

    Published: 6 Jun 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted message that is not properly handled when invoking spamd with the virtual pop username.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/20430, http://secunia.com/advisories/20443, http://secunia.com/advisories/20482, http://secunia.com/advisories/20531, http://secunia.com/advisories/20566, http://secunia.com/advisories/20692, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1090, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:103, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0543.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2148, http://secunia.com/advisories/20430, http://secunia.com/advisories/20443, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1090, http://www.nabble.com/ANNOUNCE%3A-Apache-SpamAssassin-3.1.3-available%21-t1736096.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0543.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18290, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016230, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016235, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-09.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436288/100/0/threaded, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27008, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9184

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High