EMU Webmail 5.0 HTTP Host Header privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in EMU Webmail 5.0. This affects an unknown function of the component HTTP Host Header Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0532. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in EMU Webmail 5.0. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Host 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. The summary by CVE is:

EMU Webmail allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a .. (dot dot) in the HTTP Host header that points to a Trojan horse configuration file that contains a pageroot specifier that contains shell metacharacters.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2002. The weakness was disclosed 04/10/2002 by Leif Jakob as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0532. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (8836), SecurityFocus (BID 4488†), OSVDB (5270†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3992†). The entry VDB-18586 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Leif Jakob
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0532 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0532
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18587
X-Force: 8836
SecurityFocus: 4488 - EMUMail HTTP Host Arbitrary Config File Loading Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5270 - EMU Webmail HTTP Host Header Execute Arbitrary Program
Vulnerability Center: 3992 - EMU Webmail Allows Code Execution, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 22:29
Updated: 05/20/2019 15:18
Changes: 07/22/2014 22:29 (64), 05/20/2019 15:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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