Metamail 2.7 uuencoded Attachment privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Metamail 2.7. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component uuencoded Attachment Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-1263. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Metamail 2.7 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component uuencoded Attachment 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing a uuencoded attachment that specifies the full pathname for the file to be modified, which is processed by uuencode in Metamail scripts such as sun-audio-file.

The weakness was shared 08/15/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-1263. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.7-7.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1677) and SecurityFocus (BID 8429†). The entry VDB-13899 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
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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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Upgrade: Metamail 2.7-7.2

Timelineinfo

05/21/1997 🔍
08/15/2003 +2277 days 🔍
08/15/2003 +0 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +4017 days 🔍
06/29/2021 +2511 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1263 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1263
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20669
X-Force: 1677 - Metamail can create files with certain types of content
SecurityFocus: 8429

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2014 18:33
Updated: 06/29/2021 07:14
Changes: 08/14/2014 18:33 (49), 06/14/2018 11:11 (2), 06/29/2021 07:14 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:41D:103

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