perl-mailtools up to 1.1401 Mail::Mailer body privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in perl-mailtools up to 1.1401. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Mail::Mailer. The manipulation of the argument body leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-1271. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in perl-mailtools up to 1.1401 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function Mail::Mailer. The manipulation of the argument body 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:

The Mail::Mailer Perl module in the perl-MailTools package 1.47 and earlier uses mailx as the default mailer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by inserting them into the mail body, which is then processed by mailx.

The weakness was released 11/12/2002 by Security Team with SuSE Security Team as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1271. 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 13975 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-MailTools (MDKSA-2002:076)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10548), Tenable (13975) and SecurityFocus (BID 6104†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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: 13975
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-MailTools (MDKSA-2002:076)
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OpenVAS ID: 53670
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 386-1 (libmailtools-perl)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/05/2002 🔍
11/07/2002 +2 days 🔍
11/12/2002 +5 days 🔍
11/12/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +627 days 🔍
07/31/2014 +3652 days 🔍
10/27/2024 +3741 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Security Team
Organization: SuSE Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1271 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1271
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19151
X-Force: 10548
SecurityFocus: 6104 - PERL-MailTools Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2014 15:10
Updated: 10/27/2024 08:02
Changes: 07/31/2014 15:10 (64), 04/23/2019 09:23 (3), 10/27/2024 08:02 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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