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

This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Mathieu Perrin

FamilyCGI abuses
Nessus Plugin ID10076 (formmail_pl.nasl)
Bugtraq ID2079
CVE IDCVE-1999-0172

Description:
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)
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