cPanel 5.0 Openwebmail openwebmail-shared.pl SCRIPT_FILENAME config

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A vulnerability was found in cPanel 5.0 (Hosting Control Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the file openwebmail-shared.pl of the component Openwebmail. The manipulation of the argument SCRIPT_FILENAME as part of a Environment Variable leads to a config vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-16. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Openwebmail in cPanel 5.0, when run using suid Perl, adds the directory in the SCRIPT_FILENAME environment variable to Perl s @INC include array, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying SCRIPT_FILENAME to reference a directory containing a malicious openwebmail-shared.pl executable.

The weakness was published 12/31/2003 by pokleyzz (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1426 since 10/19/2007. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592.004 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (11357). Similar entry is available at 21344.

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Class: Config
CWE: CWE-16
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02/19/2003 🔍
12/31/2003 +315 days 🔍
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10/19/2007 +1388 days 🔍
08/30/2014 +2507 days 🔍
06/16/2018 +1386 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: pokleyzz
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1426 (🔍)
X-Force: 11357 - cPanel SCRIPT_FILENAME privilege elevation
SecurityFocus: 6885 - cPanel Openwebmail Local Privileges Escalation Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/30/2014 23:25
Updated: 06/16/2018 10:20
Changes: 08/30/2014 23:25 (60), 06/16/2018 10:20 (2)
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