Matthew Wright FormMail CGI (formmail.cgi) Arbitrary Mail Relay

high Nessus Plugin ID 10076

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 10076

File Name: formmail_pl.nasl

Version: 1.34

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/1/1999

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/1995

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0172

BID: 2079

Detections

Analytics