CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0977

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
8.60%

95th percentile - higher than 95% of all known CVEs

Summary

mailfile.cgi CGI program in MailFile 1.10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the target file name in the "filename" parameter in a POST request, which is then sent by email to the address specified in the "email" parameter.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely read sensitive files from the server, such as configuration files or user data. This can lead to information leakage and security breach.

Recommendation

Update MailFile to a version that fixes this vulnerability, or remove the program if not used. Restrict CGI process permissions to a minimum.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

mailfile.cgi CGI program in MailFile 1.10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the target file name in the "filename" parameter in a POST request, which is then sent by email to the address specified in the "email" parameter.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS