GeoCel WindMail 3.0 Metacharacter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GeoCel WindMail 3.0. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of Metacharacter leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0242. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GeoCel WindMail 3.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation as part of a Metacharacter leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

WindMail allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute commands via shell metacharacters.

The weakness was disclosed 03/25/2000 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0242. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10365 (Windmail.exe Shell Metacharacter Arbitrary Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10143 (GeoCel WindMail Remote File Read Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1158. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 508.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4188), Exploit-DB (19819), Tenable (10365), SecurityFocus (BID 1073†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1235†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10365
Nessus Name: Windmail.exe Shell Metacharacter Arbitrary Command Execution
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 1158
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP windmail.exe access
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04/12/2000 +16 days 🔍
06/23/2003 +1167 days 🔍
06/23/2014 +4018 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Reported to Security Focus on March 27, 2000 by Quan Peng .
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0242 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0242
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15407
X-Force: 4188
SecurityFocus: 1073 - GeoCel WindMail Remote File Read Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1235 - WindMail Allows File Read or Command Execution, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 00:50
Updated: 10/18/2025 02:20
Changes: 06/24/2014 00:50 (69), 05/10/2019 08:52 (2), 10/08/2020 15:55 (1), 05/01/2025 01:00 (27), 10/18/2025 02:20 (3)
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