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CVE-2008-5619 Detail

Current Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542 Vendor Advisory 
http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148 Exploit 
http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618 Exploit 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a
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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5619
NVD Published Date:
12/16/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/11/2018
Source:
MITRE