CVE-2001-1188

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—💥 Exploit

mailto.exe in Brian Dorricott MAILTO 1.0.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to send SPAM e-mail through remote servers by modifying the sendto, email, server, subject, and resulturl hidden form fields.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.64%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
Score date: 10/13/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Brian Dorricott MAILTO 1.0.7-9 - Unauthorized Mail Server Use (12/11/2001)

Affected technologies (1)

Brian Dorricott — Mailto

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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