CVE-2008-5619

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    CVE-2008-5619

    Published: 17 Dec 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/33145, http://secunia.com/advisories/33170, http://secunia.com/advisories/34789, http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419, http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148, http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618, https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a, http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533, http://osvdb.org/53893, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html

    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
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