Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-0739

RCE

Title: Mikel Lindsaar Mail RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-0739.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Feb 02, 2011

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-0739: The deliver function in the sendmail delivery agent (lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/sendmail.rb) in Ruby Mail gem 2.2.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an e-mail address.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://groups.google.com/group/mail-ruby/browse_thread/thread/e93bbd05706478dd?pli=1 http://osvdb.org/70667 http://secunia.com/advisories/43077 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46021 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0233 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65010 https://github.com/mikel/mail/raw/master/patches/20110126_sendmail.patch http://groups.google.com/group/mail-ruby/browse_thread/thread/e93bbd05706478dd?pli=1 http://osvdb.org/70667 http://secunia.com/advisories/43077 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46021 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0233 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65010 https://github.com/mikel/mail/raw/master/patches/20110126_sendmail.patch

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-0739 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 02, 2011 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.