Description
courier/1000@/api_error_email.html (aka "error reporting page") in Accellion File Transfer Appliance FTA_7_0_178, and possibly other versions before FTA_7_0_189, allows remote attackers to send spam e-mail via modified description and client_email parameters.
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.
Exploit-DB 1
- Accellion File Transfer Appliance Error Report Message - Open Email Relay EDB-32382 · remote · Sep 15, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 31178 vdb-entry
- 1020870 vdb-entry
- 48242 vdb-entry
- http://zebux.free.fr/pub/Advisory/Advisory_Accellion_SPAM_Engine_Vulnerability_200808.txt
- 31848 third-party-advisory
- fta-errorreporting-mail-relay(45159) vdb-entry