CVE-2018-19518
Description
University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007f on UNIX, as used in imap_open() in PHP and other products, launches an rsh command (by means of the imap_rimap function in c-client/imap4r1.c and the tcp_aopen function in osdep/unix/tcp_unix.c) without preventing argument injection, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands if the IMAP server name is untrusted input (e.g., entered by a user of a web application) and if rsh has been replaced by a program with different argument semantics. For example, if rsh is a link to ssh (as seen on Debian and Ubuntu systems), then the attack can use an IMAP server name containing a "-oProxyCommand" argument.
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.96107 (96.1% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77160
- 45914 (exploit-db.com)exploit
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190301 [SECURITY] [DLA 1700-1] uw-imap security update (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181221-0004
- 1042157 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- DSA-4353 (debian.org)vendor-advisory
- github.com/Bo0oM/PHP_imap_open_exploit/blob/master/exploit.…
- bugs.debian.org/913835
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/22/3
- git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e5bfea64c81ae3481…
- 106018 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76428
- bugs.debian.org/913775
- bugs.debian.org/913836
- antichat.com/threads/463395
- bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77153
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181217 [SECURITY] [DLA 1608-1] php5 security update (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
- USN-4160-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202003-57 (security.gentoo.org)vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211229 [SECURITY] [DLA 2866-1] uw-imap security update (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Record published
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