{"id":"CVE-2018-16741","details":"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 \u003e characters within a file created by the \"faxq-helper activate \u003cjobid\u003e\" command.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:47:57.567678Z","published":"2018-09-13T16:29:00.280Z","related":["MGASA-2018-0402","SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1","SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1","SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11047-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.2.1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.0"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16741.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}