Vulnerability in Matt Tourtillott Nph-Maillist

CVE-2001-0400

nph-maillist.pl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters ("`") in the email address.

Published 2001-07-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.166 (96.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.166 · newest: 0.166 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Matt Tourtillott Nph-Maillist — versions 3.0, 3.5

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/175506 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2563 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)