Hamcards Postcard CGI 1.0 Email Address Metacharacter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Hamcards Postcard CGI 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Email Address Handler. This manipulation as part of Metacharacter causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1153. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hamcards Postcard CGI 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Email Address Handler. The manipulation as part of a Metacharacter 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:

HAMcards Postcard CGI script 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the recipient email address.

The weakness was released 11/09/1998 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1153. The exploitation appears to be easy. 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.

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 (1400) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2268†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-14252 and VDB-14253. 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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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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06/19/2014 +3903 days 🔍
05/15/2019 +1791 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1153 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1153
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14251
X-Force: 1400 - CGI Perl mail programs allow execution of arbitrary commands
Vulnerability Center: 2268 - HAMcards Postcard CGI Script 1.0 Allows Execution of Arbitrary Commands, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 18:02
Updated: 05/15/2019 16:51
Changes: 06/19/2014 18:02 (39), 05/15/2019 16:51 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:B98:103

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