Lakeweb Filemail CGI Script Email Address Metacharacter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Lakeweb Filemail CGI Script. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Email Address Handler. Such manipulation as part of Metacharacter leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1154. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lakeweb Filemail CGI Script (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Email Address Handler. The manipulation as part of a Metacharacter leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

LakeWeb Filemail CGI script allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the recipient email address.

The weakness was disclosed 11/09/1998 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1154. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10024 (Script filemail.pl Remote Execution Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 858. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 738.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1400) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2269†). The entries VDB-14251 and VDB-14253 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 858
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP filemail access
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06/19/2014 +3903 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1154 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1154
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14252
X-Force: 1400 - CGI Perl mail programs allow execution of arbitrary commands
Vulnerability Center: 2269 - LakeWeb Filemail CGI Script Allows Execution of Arbitrary Commands, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 18:03
Updated: 10/20/2025 07:41
Changes: 06/19/2014 18:03 (60), 05/15/2019 16:55 (1), 10/20/2025 07:41 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:E7D:103

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