CVE-2012-2140 (GCVE-0-2012-2140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-18 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
Summary
The Mail gem before 2.4.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) sendmail or (2) exim delivery.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2012-03-05 00:00
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