Matt Wright FormMail 1.6 env_report Environment Variable information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Matt Wright FormMail 1.6. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument env_report leads to information disclosure (Environment Variable). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0411. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Matt Wright FormMail 1.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument env_report with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Environment Variable). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Matt Wright s FormMail CGI script allows remote attackers to obtain environmental variables via the env_report parameter.

The weakness was shared 05/10/2000 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at perfectotech.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0411. 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 as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10088 (FormMail env_report CGI Script Environment Variable Disclosure Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1610. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 527.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4480), Exploit-DB (19906), SecurityFocus (BID 1187†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4520†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Environment Variable
Class: Information disclosure / Environment Variable
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1610
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP formmail arbitrary command execution attempt
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Suricata ID: 2100884
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: perfectotech.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0411 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0411
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15539
X-Force: 4480
SecurityFocus: 1187 - Matt Wright FormMail Environmental Variables Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4520 - Matt Wright\x27s FormMail CGI script Allows Obtaining Environmental variables via HTTP request, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 16:24
Updated: 10/16/2025 08:38
Changes: 06/24/2014 16:24 (65), 05/22/2019 09:44 (3), 12/29/2024 19:04 (27), 10/16/2025 08:38 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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