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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2001-0024 json

simplestmail.cgi CGI program by Leif Wright allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the MyEmail p…

published 2001-02-02 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0024

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

simplestmail.cgi CGI program by Leif Wright allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the MyEmail parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20503)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20503 Leif M. Wright simplestmail.cgi 1.0 - Remote Command Execution remote, 2000-12-11
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2102 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0136.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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