Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam up to 6.0 viewMsgDetails.do ID privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam up to 6.0. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file viewMsgDetails.do. Performing a manipulation of the argument ID results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-0671. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam up to 6.0 (Anti-Spam Software). This affects an unknown function of the file viewMsgDetails.do. The manipulation of the argument id 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. The summary by CVE is:

Brightmail Spamfilter 6.0 and earlier beta releases allows remote attackers to read mail from other users by modifying the id parameter in a viewMsgDetails.do request.

The weakness was released 08/06/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0671 since 07/12/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

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 (16609), Exploit-DB (24251) and SecurityFocus (BID 10657†). 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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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

07/05/2004 🔍
07/12/2004 +7 days 🔍
08/06/2004 +25 days 🔍
08/06/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/18/2014 +3786 days 🔍
09/20/2024 +3564 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0671 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0671
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22071
X-Force: 16609 - Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam view mail
SecurityFocus: 10657 - Symantec Brightmail Anti-spam Unauthorized Message Disclosure Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 12/18/2014 15:37
Updated: 09/20/2024 07:15
Changes: 12/18/2014 15:37 (51), 07/07/2017 17:17 (4), 09/20/2024 07:15 (25)
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