NTMail 5.x Proxy Restriction privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NTMail 5.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component Proxy Restriction Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0416. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NTMail 5.x. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Proxy Restriction Handler. 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:

NTMail 5.x allows network users to bypass the NTMail proxy restrictions by redirecting their requests to NTMail s web configuration server.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2000. The weakness was released 05/11/2000 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at gordano.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0416. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86072 (NTmailserver.com NT Mail 5.x Proxy Access Vulnerability).

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 (4815), SecurityFocus (BID 1196†), OSVDB (1327†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6759†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gordano.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0416 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0416
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15541
X-Force: 4815
SecurityFocus: 1196 - NTMail Server 5.x Proxy Access Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1327 - NTMail Server 5.x Proxy - Access Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6759 - NTMailserver.com NTMail 5.0 Allows Bypassing Proxy Restrictions, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 16:25
Updated: 10/16/2025 01:07
Changes: 06/24/2014 16:25 (58), 05/29/2019 09:46 (3), 10/16/2025 01:07 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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