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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0977

mailfile.cgi CGI program in MailFile 1.10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the target file name in the "filename" parameter in a POST request, which is then sent by email to the address specified in the "email" parameter.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 8.60%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

mailfile.cgi CGI program in MailFile 1.10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the target file name in the "filename" parameter in a POST request, which is then sent by email to the address specified in the "email" parameter.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
8.60% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 October 2000
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
oatmeal studios/mail file
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%26 October 2026: 8.60%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 8.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-20303source ↗Oatmeal Studios Mail File 1.10 - Arbitrary File Disclosurecgi · Dirk Brockhausenremote11 October 2000yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.