Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted Email Address in Swift Mailer

CVE-2016-10074 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The mail transport (aka Swift_Transport_MailTransport) in Swift Mailer before 5.4.5 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted e-mail address in the (1) From, (2) ReturnPath, or (3) Sender header.

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