Spencer Miles W3Mail 1.0.2 Compose Message Page sendmessage.cgi privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Spencer Miles W3Mail 1.0.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file sendmessage.cgi of the component Compose Message Page. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-1100. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Spencer Miles W3Mail 1.0.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file sendmessage.cgi of the component Compose Message Page. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. The summary by CVE is:

sendmessage.cgi in W3Mail 1.0.2, and possibly other CGI programs, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in any field of the Compose Message page.

The weakness was released 10/07/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1100. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11748 (Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 1.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1308. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 913.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7230), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 3673†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5189†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-14266, VDB-14277, VDB-14828 and VDB-15062. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11748
Nessus Name: Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: W3Mail 1.0.3

Snort ID: 1308
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP sendmessage.cgi access
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06/17/2003 +618 days 🔍
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07/09/2014 +3605 days 🔍
05/24/2019 +1780 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1100 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1100
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17471
X-Force: 7230
SecurityFocus: 3673 - W3Mail Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 5189 - W3Mail sendmessage.cgi Enables Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 15:36
Updated: 05/24/2019 12:27
Changes: 07/09/2014 15:36 (73), 05/24/2019 12:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:872:103

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