CVE-2002-0985

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to...

7.5 HighFix available

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to bypass safe mode restrictions and modify command line arguments to the MTA (e.g. sendmail) in the 5th argument to mail(), altering MTA behavior and possibly executing commands.

Exploit likelihood

2.95%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2002-0985
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-88
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2002-0985
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2002-0974 No score

Record: EUVD-2002-0974
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-39rv-383r-32wp No score

Argument injection vulnerability in the mail function for PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 may allow attackers to...

Record: GHSA-39rv-383r-32wp
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`php3` Debian:3.0	before 3.0.18-23.1woody1	3.0.18-23.1woody1
`php4` Debian:3.0	before 4.1.2-5	4.1.2-5

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2002-0985 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Php, published September 18, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.95%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in php3 3.0.18-23.1woody1.

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