What is CVE-2018-16744?

CVE-2018-16744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mgetty Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-16744?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Mgetty Project

CVE-2018-16744

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mgetty_project Mgetty
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16744?: CVE-2018-16744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mgetty Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-16744?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.