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A vulnerability was found in Perfection Bytes PBEmail 7.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function in the library pbemail7ax.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation of the argument XmlFilePath with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in PBEmail7Ax.dll in PBEmail 7 ActiveX Edition allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the XmlFilePath argument to the SaveSenderToXml method.

The weakness was released 10/12/2007 by Katatafish (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-5446. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit 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 databases at X-Force (37241), SecurityFocus (BID 26058†), OSVDB (43481†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-30941†).

Productinfo

Vendor

• Perfection Bytes

Name

• PBEmail

Version

• 7.0

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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10/12/2007 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Katatafish
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-5446 (🔍)
X-Force: 37241
SecurityFocus: 26058 - PBEmail ActiveX Edition SaveSenderToXml Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
OSVDB: 43481 - PBEmail PBEmail7Ax.dll ActiveX SaveSenderToXml Method Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite
Vulnerability Center: 30941 - Perfection Bytes PBEmail Activex Edition 7 Remote Arbitrary Files Overwrite Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18 PM
Updated: 10/07/2024 04:23 PM
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 PM (54), 03/20/2017 09:35 AM (12), 07/29/2021 09:52 AM (4), 10/07/2024 04:23 PM (17)
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