Clearswift MAILsweeper 4.2 Content-Type Header privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Clearswift MAILsweeper 4.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Content-Type Header Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2001-1581. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Clearswift MAILsweeper 4.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Content-Type Header Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

The File Blocker feature in Clearswift MAILsweeper for SMTP 4.2 allows remote attackers to bypass e-mail attachment filtering policies via a modified name in a Content-Type header.

The weakness was published 12/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1581 since 05/30/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6801). Once again VulDB remains the best 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/31/2001 🔍
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05/30/2007 +1976 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +2599 days 🔍
06/06/2018 +1426 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1581 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1581
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17900
X-Force: 6801 - MAILsweeper allows remote attacker to bypass \

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:34
Updated: 06/06/2018 10:49
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:34 (48), 06/06/2018 10:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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