HiFriend 'cgi-bin/hifriend.pl' Open Email Relay Vulnerability

BID:30320

Info

HiFriend 'cgi-bin/hifriend.pl' Open Email Relay Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 30320
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 21 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 22 2008 08:48PM
Credit: Perforin
Vulnerable: Hibyte HiFriend 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HiFriend 'cgi-bin/hifriend.pl' Open Email Relay Vulnerability

HiFriend is prone to an open-email-relay vulnerability.

An attacker could exploit this issue by constructing a script that would send unsolicited bulk email to an unrestricted amount of email addresses with a forged email address.

Exploit / POC

HiFriend 'cgi-bin/hifriend.pl' Open Email Relay Vulnerability

An attacker can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

HiFriend 'cgi-bin/hifriend.pl' Open Email Relay Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

HiFriend 'cgi-bin/hifriend.pl' Open Email Relay Vulnerability

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