cPanel 11.40.1.13/11.42.1.15/11.43.0.11 cgiemail 1.6 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in cPanel 11.40.1.13/11.42.1.15/11.43.0.11. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component cgiemail 1.6. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2002-1575. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in cPanel 11.40.1.13/11.42.1.15/11.43.0.11 (Hosting Control Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component cgiemail 1.6. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

cgiemail allows remote attackers to use cgiemail as a spam proxy via CRLF injection of encoded newline (%0a) characters in parameters such as "required-subject," which can be used to modify the CC, BCC, and other header fields in the generated email message.

The weakness was presented 05/26/2014 with cPanel as TSR-2014-2004 / Case 78301 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cpanel.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1575 since 02/10/2004. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

cPanel & WHM includes a copy of Bruce Lewis’ cgiemail version 1.6. This version of cgiemail was vulnerable to CVE-2002-1575, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to send email using the cgiemail script to destination addresses of the attackers’ choosing.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15274 (Debian DSA-437-1 : cgiemail - open mail relay), 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 to version 11.40.1.14, 11.42.1.16 or 11.43.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9361), Tenable (15274), SecurityFocus (BID 5013†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030287†). See VDB-13380, VDB-13379, VDB-13378 and VDB-13377 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 15274
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-437-1 : cgiemail - open mail relay
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OpenVAS ID: 53136
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 437-1 (cgiemail)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cPanel 11.40.1.14/11.42.1.16/11.43.0.12

Timelineinfo

06/14/2002 🔍
02/10/2004 +606 days 🔍
03/03/2004 +22 days 🔍
09/29/2004 +210 days 🔍
05/26/2014 +3526 days 🔍
05/26/2014 +0 days 🔍
05/27/2014 +1 days 🔍
05/27/2014 +0 days 🔍
05/02/2019 +1801 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: TSR-2014-2004 / Case 78301
Organization: cPanel
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1575 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1575
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13363
X-Force: 9361 - MIT cgiemail can be used as an open mail relay
SecurityFocus: 5013 - MIT CGIEmail Arbitrary Recipient Mail Relay Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030287

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2014 09:13
Updated: 05/02/2019 10:00
Changes: 05/27/2014 09:13 (48), 05/02/2019 10:00 (30)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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