{"cve":"CVE-2002-0986","nvd":{"published":"2002-09-24T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:58:30.887","status":"Modified","description":"The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a \"spam proxy.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-008.0.txt","http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000545","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103011916928204&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2","http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-168"],"products":["php:php"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:34:38.930894741+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2002-0986","score":0.047,"percentile":0.91805,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}