Masqmail up to 0.1.15 Alias privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Masqmail. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Alias Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2001-1173. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Masqmail (Mail Server Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Alias 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in MasqMail before 0.1.15 allows local users to gain privileges via piped aliases.

The weakness was published 07/26/2001 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at innominate.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-1173. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Mail Server Software

Name

• Masqmail

Version

• 0.0.0
• 0.0.1
• 0.0.2
• 0.0.3
• 0.0.4
• 0.0.5
• 0.0.6
• 0.0.7
• 0.0.8
• 0.0.9
• 0.0.10
• 0.0.11
• 0.0.12
• 0.0.13
• 0.1.0
• 0.1.1
• 0.1.2
• 0.1.3
• 0.1.4
• 0.1.5
• 0.1.6
• 0.1.7
• 0.1.8
• 0.1.9
• 0.1.10
• 0.1.11
• 0.1.12
• 0.1.13
• 0.1.14
• 0.1.15

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