Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15 MIME privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component MIME Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0162. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Clearswift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.15. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component MIME Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple content security gateway and antivirus products allow remote attackers to bypass content restrictions via MIME encapsulation that uses RFC822 comment fields, which may be interpreted as other fields by mail clients.

The weakness was shared 10/20/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0162 since 02/18/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17332) and SecurityFocus (BID 11157†). The entries VDB-22299, VDB-22301 and VDB-22302 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/18/2004 🔍
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: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0162 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0162
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22304
X-Force: 17332 - Multiple vendor MIME RFC822 comment bypass filtering
SecurityFocus: 11157

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:21
Updated: 06/21/2018 09:15
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:21 (48), 06/21/2018 09:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:A1B:103

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