Description
Pegasus Mail 3.12 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an embedded URL that calls the mailto: protocol with a -F switch.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- David Harris Pegasus Mail 3.12 - File Forwarding EDB-20249 · remote · Oct 3, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20001030 Pegasus Mail file reading vulnerability mailing-list
- 20001003 Pegasus mail file reading vulnerability mailing-list
- 1738 vdb-entry
- pegasus-file-forwarding(5326) vdb-entry