David Harris Pegasus Mail 3.12 mailto -F privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in David Harris Pegasus Mail 3.12. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component mailto Handler. This manipulation of the argument -F causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0930. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in David Harris Pegasus Mail 3.12 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component mailto Handler. The manipulation of the argument -F with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Pegasus Mail 3.12 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an embedded URL that calls the mailto: protocol with a -F switch.

The weakness was released 12/19/2000 by Imran Ghory (ERNE) (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0930. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5326), Exploit-DB (20249) and SecurityFocus (BID 1738†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-16142. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/03/2000 🔍
12/19/2000 +77 days 🔍
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07/01/2014 +4942 days 🔍
04/25/2025 +3951 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Imran Ghory (ERNE)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0930 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0930
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16141
X-Force: 5326 - Pegasus Mail allows Web sites to retrieve files from visiting user`s systems
SecurityFocus: 1738 - Pegasus Email File Forwarding Vulnerability

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

Created: 07/01/2014 17:34
Updated: 04/25/2025 07:52
Changes: 07/01/2014 17:34 (57), 04/06/2019 12:38 (1), 04/25/2025 07:52 (27)
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