RE: <victim>server formmail.pl exploit in the wild

["Robert Zilbauer" <zilbauer () slappy org>]

Here's another option to the old, insecure Matt Wright scripts:

http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/

This group is making a series of drop in replacements for all of Matt
Wright's programs. FormMail is one of them.

I hope this helps!


-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Shore [mailto:macdaddy () neo pittstate edu]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:35 AM
To: Andrew Daviel; incidents () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: <victim>server formmail.pl exploit in the wild


One of my servers had an old copy of formmail.cgi on it (1.6) a few weeks
ago which got that server listed in SpamCop.  Every single malicious use
of that cgi came from pacbell.net DSL customers.  Since upgrading to 1.9
we haven't had any trouble, yet <knock on wood>.  I would rather find a
PHP solution for form handling.

Justin

On 4/11/02 6:06 PM Andrew Daviel said...

> I've seen an attempt to exploit FormMail.pl version 1.9 (the latest
> official version), viz.
>
> Tue Apr  9 15:40:50 2002
> REMOTE_ADDR=172.190.98.15
> REQUEST_METHOD=POST
> REMOTE_PORT=2768
> HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL=no-cache
> REQUEST_URI=/cgi-bin/formmail.pl
> CONTENT_TYPE=application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> CONTENT_LENGTH=2153
> Count 1
> .
>
> We will show you how to not only make money online,
> ..
> subject academics                         NyZ0f
> recipient
> <a2888 () hotmail com>vancouver-webpages.com,<a28dan () msn com>vancouver-webpag
> es.com,
> etc.
>
> as per
> http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252232
>
> I have also seen an extensive credit card fraud spam campaign aimed at AOL
> users exploiting the earlier vulnerability in FormMail.pl version 1.6
>
>
> Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada
> Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376
> security () triumf ca
>
>
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