SquirrelMail 1.2.7 Error Message options.php optpage Path information disclosure
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SquirrelMail 1.2.7 (Mail Client Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the file options.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument optpage
with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
SquirrelMail 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the absolute pathname of the options.php script via a malformed optpage file argument, which generates an error message when the file cannot be included in the script.
The bug was discovered 09/19/2002. The weakness was published 10/04/2002 with Redhat (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1132. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:options.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15028 (Debian DSA-191-1 : squirrelmail - XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10345) and Tenable (15028). Similar entries are available at 19034 and 19165.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Name: PathClass: Information disclosure / Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 15028
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-191-1 : squirrelmail - XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 53736
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 191-1 (squirrelmail)
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: debian.orgOrganization: Redhat
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-1132 (🔍)
X-Force: 10345
Vulnerability Center: 15060 - SquirrelMail Absolute Pathname Disclosure via Malformed optpage File Argument, Medium
SecurityFocus: 5949 - SquirrelMail Options.PHP Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 11629 - SquirrelMail - Options.PHP - Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/30/2014 12:55Updated: 07/18/2019 21:09
Changes: 07/30/2014 12:55 (75), 07/18/2019 21:09 (5)
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