Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver 3.2 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver 3.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-0318. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver 3.2 (Mail Server Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Atrium Mercur Mail Server 3.2 allows local attackers to read other user's email and create arbitrary files via a dot dot (..) attack.

The weakness was disclosed 04/21/2000 as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0318. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10382 (MERCUR Mailserver Local Traversal Arbitrary File Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 50013 (Atrium Software Mercur Mail Server 3.2 Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1125.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4368), Tenable (10382), SecurityFocus (BID 1144†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-120†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10382
Nessus Name: MERCUR Mailserver Local Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0318 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0318
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15477
X-Force: 4368
SecurityFocus: 1144 - Atrium Software Mercur Mail Server 3.2 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 120 - Atrium Mercur Mail Server Local Dot-Dot Attack, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 11:55
Updated: 04/21/2026 05:09
Changes: 06/24/2014 11:55 (68), 05/05/2019 07:12 (1), 04/21/2026 05:09 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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