Emumail Emu Webmail 5.0 Error Message emumail.cgi Path information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Emumail Emu Webmail 5.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file emumail.cgi of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure (Path). This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2002-1527. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Emumail Emu Webmail 5.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file emumail.cgi of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

emumail.cgi in EMU Webmail 5.0 allows remote attackers to determine the full pathname for emumail.cgi via a malformed string containing script, which generates a regular expression matching error that includes the pathname in the resulting error message.

The bug was discovered 09/26/2002. The weakness was published 04/02/2003 with AISec (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1527. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 188 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 50055 (EmuMail Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability).

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 (10204), Exploit-DB (21877), SecurityFocus (BID 5823†), OSVDB (14472†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-12037†). Similar entry is available at VDB-20304. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Path
Class: Information disclosure / Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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09/26/2002 🔍
09/29/2002 +3 days 🔍
04/02/2003 +185 days 🔍
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06/26/2006 +1181 days 🔍
08/08/2014 +2965 days 🔍
09/05/2025 +4046 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Organization: AISec
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1527 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1527
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20305
X-Force: 10204
SecurityFocus: 5823 - EmuMail Web Root Path Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14472 - EmuMail - Web Root - Path Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 12037 - EMU Webmail Discloses the Installation Path of emumail.cgi, Medium

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

Created: 08/08/2014 12:36
Updated: 09/05/2025 11:55
Changes: 08/08/2014 12:36 (61), 06/21/2019 09:46 (3), 08/06/2024 06:59 (25), 09/05/2025 11:55 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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