mailx up to 12.5 fio.c expand privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in mailx up to 12.5. Affected by this vulnerability is the function expand of the file fio.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The expand function in fio.c in Heirloom mailx 12.5 and earlier and BSD mailx 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.

The weakness was shared 12/24/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2771. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80071 (Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : mailx (ELSA-2014-1999)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350806 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for mailx: AL2012-2015-025).

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 Tenable (80071), SecurityFocus (BID 71701†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47840†).

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 80071
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : mailx (ELSA-2014-1999)
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OpenVAS ID: 703104
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3104-1 (bsd-mailx - security update)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2014:1999
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2771 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 71701
Secunia: 60940
Vulnerability Center: 47840 - Heirloom mailx <=12.5 and BSD mailx <=8.1.2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Email Address, Medium

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Created: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 04/09/2022 05:07 PM
Changes: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM (37), 06/16/2017 08:44 AM (22), 04/09/2022 04:51 PM (4), 04/09/2022 04:59 PM (7), 04/09/2022 05:07 PM (1)
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