CVE-2018-16741
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16741
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16741.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16741
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-09-13T16:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the ||, &&, or > characters within a file created by the "faxq-helper activate <jobid>" command.
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