Mozart 1.2.3/1.2.5 mailcap privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozart 1.2.3/1.2.5. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component mailcap. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0538. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozart 1.2.3/1.2.5. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component mailcap. 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:

The mailcap file for mozart 1.2.5 and earlier causes Oz applications to be passed to the Oz interpreter, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Oz programs in a MIME-aware client program.

The weakness was shared 08/18/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0538 since 07/09/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15179 (Debian DSA-342-1 : mozart - unsafe mailcap configuration), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (15179) and SecurityFocus (BID 8125†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality 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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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 15179
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-342-1 : mozart - unsafe mailcap configuration
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OpenVAS ID: 53631
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 342-1 (mozart)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/07/2003 🔍
07/09/2003 +2 days 🔍
08/18/2003 +40 days 🔍
08/18/2003 +0 days 🔍
09/29/2004 +408 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +3606 days 🔍
04/23/2019 +1713 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20699
SecurityFocus: 8125

Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2014 22:41
Updated: 04/23/2019 10:18
Changes: 08/14/2014 22:41 (57), 04/23/2019 10:18 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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