Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15 MIME privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15. The affected element is an unknown function of the component MIME Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-0161. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component MIME 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:

Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME messages that use RFC2231 encoding, which may be interpreted differently by mail clients.

The weakness was presented 10/20/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0161 since 02/18/2004. 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.

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 (9274) and SecurityFocus (BID 4927†). See VDB-22304, VDB-22302, VDB-22301 and VDB-22300 for similar entries. 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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Timelineinfo

06/03/2002 🔍
02/18/2004 +625 days 🔍
10/20/2004 +245 days 🔍
10/20/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3828 days 🔍
06/21/2018 +1164 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22303
X-Force: 9274 - MIME-tools does not support RFC 2231 encoding
SecurityFocus: 4927 - MIME::Tools RFC Parameter Value Continuation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:21
Updated: 06/21/2018 09:15
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:21 (46), 06/21/2018 09:15 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:1BD:103

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