This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2011 Mathieu Perrin
Synopsis :
Arbirtrary commands might be run on the remote host.
Description :
The 'formmail.pl' is installed. This CGI has a well known security flaw
that lets anyone execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the
HTTP daemon (root or nobody).
Solution :
Remove it from /cgi-bin.
Risk factor :
High / CVSS Base Score : 7.5
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVSS Temporal Score : 6.5
(CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)
Public Exploit Available : true
Family: CGI abuses
Nessus Plugin ID: 10076 (formmail_pl.nasl)
Bugtraq ID: 2079
CVE ID: CVE-1999-0172