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A vulnerability was found in MicroWorld MailScan 5.6.a. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Administration. The manipulation 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 confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Directory traversal vulnerability in Web Based Administration in MicroWorld Technologies MailScan 5.6.a espatch 1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.
The bug was discovered 08/15/2008. The weakness was disclosed 08/20/2008 by Oliver Karow (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3727 since 08/20/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33903 (MailScan WebAdministrator Cookie Authentication Bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.
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 (44514), Tenable (33903) and Exploit-DB (6407). The entries 43749, 43748 and 43746 are pretty similar.
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Nessus ID: 33903
Nessus Name: MailScan WebAdministrator Cookie Authentication Bypass
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Sources
Advisory: marc.infoResearcher: Oliver Karow
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-3727 (🔍)
X-Force: 44514
Vulnerability Center: 19273 - MicroWorld Technologies MailScan Web Based Administration Allows Remote Directory Traversal, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30700 - MicroWorld Technologies MailScan Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31534 - MailScan Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 47671 - CVE-2008-3727 - Microworld Technologies - MailScan - Directory Traversal Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 12:19Updated: 08/02/2021 06:22
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (73), 08/16/2019 09:18 (4), 08/02/2021 06:22 (3)
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