Mail2000
CVE-2024-5399
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Openfind Mail2000 does not properly filter parameters of specific API. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. Openfind Mail2000 does not properly filter parameters of specific API. Remote attackers with administrative privileges can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary system commands on the remote server. Affected products include: Openfind Mail2000.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorVendor: cert
DescriptionCVE.org
Openfind Mail2000 does not properly filter parameters of specific API. Remote attackers with administrative privileges can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary system commands on the remote server.
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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An issue was discovered in Openfind Mail2000 6.0 and 7.0 Webmail. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability i
Openfind's Mail2000 has a vulnerability that allows the HttpOnly flag to be bypassed. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3),
Openfind Mail2000 does not properly filter parameters of specific CGI. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerabilit
Openfind Mail2000 contains Broken Access Control vulnerability, which can be used to execute unauthorized commands after
Openfind Mail2000 has insufficient filtering special characters of email content of its content filtering function. Rate
An Open Redirect vulnerability for all browsers in MAIL2000 through version 6.0 and 7.0, which will redirect to a malici
The login feature in "/cgi-bin/portal" in MAIL2000 through version 6.0 and 7.0 has a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerab
The "/cgi-bin/go" page in MAIL2000 through version 6.0 and 7.0 has a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, allowing
Openfind Mail2000 file uploading function has insufficient filtering for user input. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), t
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