{"cve":"CVE-2018-16741","nvd":{"published":"2018-09-13T16:29:00.280","modified":"2026-06-17T01:44:45.110","status":"Modified","description":"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 > characters within a file created by the \"faxq-helper activate <jobid>\" command.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html","https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291","https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html","https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","mgetty_project:mgetty"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:14.491561039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-16741","score":0.01323,"percentile":0.70905,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}