Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15 MIME privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15. This affects an unknown part of the component MIME Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2003-1016. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component MIME Handler. 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:

Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use malformed quoting in MIME headers, parameters, and values, including (1) fields that should not be quoted, (2) duplicate quotes, or (3) missing leading or trailing quote characters, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.

The weakness was shared 10/20/2004 by Martin O'Neal with Corsaire (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1016 since 12/17/2003. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17336) and SecurityFocus (BID 11157†). The entries VDB-22301, VDB-22302 and VDB-22304 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Clearswift

Name

MAILsweeper

Version

License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/17/2003 🔍
09/13/2004 +271 days 🔍
10/20/2004 +37 days 🔍
10/20/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3828 days 🔍
06/21/2018 +1164 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Martin O'Neal
Organization: Corsaire
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1016 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1016
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22299
X-Force: 17336 - Multiple vendor MIME quote bypass filtering
SecurityFocus: 11157 - Multiple Vendor MIME Encapsulation Content Checking Filter Bypass Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:21
Updated: 06/21/2018 09:14
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:21 (46), 06/21/2018 09:14 (10)
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Cache ID: 216:561:103

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