Matt Wright PGPMail 1.31 pgpmail.pl recipient/pgpuserid privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Matt Wright PGPMail 1.31 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file pgpmail.pl. Performing a manipulation of the argument recipient/pgpuserid results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0937. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to use restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Matt Wright PGPMail 1.31. This affects an unknown part of the file pgpmail.pl. The manipulation of the argument recipient/pgpuserid with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PGPMail.pl 1.31 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) recipient or (2) pgpuserid parameters.

The weakness was presented 11/30/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0937. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 11070 (PGPMail.pl 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.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling . Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2670.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7627), Tenable (11070), SecurityFocus (BID 3605†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1255†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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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: 11070
Nessus Name: PGPMail.pl detection
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OpenVAS ID: 11070
OpenVAS Name: PGPMail.pl detection
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Snort ID: 2670
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP pgpmail.pl access
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Timelineinfo

11/30/2001 🔍
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08/13/2002 +256 days 🔍
06/23/2003 +314 days 🔍
07/10/2014 +4035 days 🔍
05/10/2019 +1765 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0937 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17643
X-Force: 7627
SecurityFocus: 3605 - PGPMail Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1255 - PGPMail Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 16:41
Updated: 05/10/2019 09:36
Changes: 07/10/2014 16:41 (72), 05/10/2019 09:36 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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