smtp_mailaddr in smtp_session.c in OpenSMTPD 6.6, as used in OpenBSD 6.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via a crafted SMTP session, as demonstrated by shell metacharacters in a MAIL FROM field. This affects the "uncommented" default configuration. The issue exists because of an incorrect return value upon failure of input validation.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2020-01-29T15:53:18.000Z
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:53.008Z
Reserved: 2020-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-7247
Updated: 2024-08-04T09:25:48.402Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-01-29T16:15:12.897
Modified: 2025-10-22T00:17:11.573
Link: CVE-2020-7247
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