ClearSwift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.10 Virus Protection privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in ClearSwift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.10. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Virus Protection. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-1154. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ClearSwift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.10. This affects an unknown code of the component Virus Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

MAILsweeper for SMTP 4.3 allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection via a mail message with a malformed zip attachment, as exploited by certain MIMAIL virus variants.

The weakness was presented 11/05/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1154 since 05/04/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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.

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 (13611), SecurityFocus (BID 8982†), OSVDB (2772†) and Secunia (SA10148†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

ClearSwift

Name

MAILsweeper

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/05/2003 🔍
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11/05/2003 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +55 days 🔍
05/04/2005 +490 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +3397 days 🔍
06/16/2018 +1394 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1154 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1154
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21123
X-Force: 13611 - MAILsweeper for SMTP zip archive could allow an attacker to bypass virus protection
SecurityFocus: 8982
Secunia: 10148 - MAILsweeper Malformed Zip Archive Virus Detection Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 2772 - MAILsweeper Malformed Zip Archive Virus Detection Bypass

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 13:28
Updated: 06/16/2018 10:01
Changes: 08/22/2014 13:28 (52), 06/16/2018 10:01 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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