Clearswift MAILsweeper 4.3.15 RAR Archive privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Clearswift MAILsweeper 4.3.15. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component RAR Archive Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2003-0928. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Clearswift MAILsweeper 4.3.15 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component RAR Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Clearswift MAILsweeper before 4.3.15 does not properly detect and filter RAR 3.20 encoded files, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended policy.

The weakness was presented 09/28/2004 with Corsaire (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at corsaire.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0928 since 11/05/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 14360 (MAILsweeper Archive File Filtering Bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 4.3.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16988), Tenable (14360), SecurityFocus (BID 10940†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5273†). See VDB-22244 and VDB-22245 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 14360
Nessus Name: MAILsweeper Archive File Filtering Bypass
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MAILsweeper 4.3.15

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11/05/2003 🔍
08/13/2004 +282 days 🔍
08/13/2004 +0 days 🔍
08/23/2004 +10 days 🔍
09/02/2004 +10 days 🔍
09/28/2004 +26 days 🔍
09/28/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3850 days 🔍
06/30/2021 +2269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: corsaire.com
Organization: Corsaire
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0928 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0928
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22243
X-Force: 16988
SecurityFocus: 10940 - Clearswift MAILsweeper for SMTP Archive File Filtering Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 5273 - Clearswift MAILsweeper < 4.3.15 Allows to Bypass Intended Policy via Encoded Files, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:20
Updated: 06/30/2021 09:35
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:20 (63), 05/24/2019 15:13 (4), 06/30/2021 09:35 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:295:103

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