Netwin Surgemail up to 2.0a2 Error Message information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netwin Surgemail. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2547. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Netwin Surgemail. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

NetWin (1) SurgeMail before 2.0c and (2) WebMail allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via HTTP requests that (a) specify the / URI, (b) specify the /scripts/ URI, or (c) specify a non-existent file, which reveal the path in an error message.

The bug was discovered 05/16/2003. The weakness was shared 06/03/2004 by Donnie Werner with exploitlabs.com (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2547 since 11/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 384 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.0c eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16319), Exploit-DB (24176), SecurityFocus (BID 10483†), OSVDB (6745†) and Secunia (SA11772†). The entries VDB-23430, VDB-36782 and VDB-42914 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Netwin

Name

• Surgemail

Version

• 1.0c
• 1.0d
• 1.1a
• 1.1b
• 1.1c
• 1.1d
• 1.2a
• 1.2b
• 1.2c
• 1.3a
• 1.3a Rc1
• 1.3b
• 1.3c
• 1.3d
• 1.3e
• 1.3f
• 1.3g
• 1.3h
• 1.3i
• 1.3j
• 1.3k
• 1.3l
• 1.4a
• 1.4b
• 1.4c
• 1.5a
• 1.5b
• 1.5c
• 1.5d
• 1.5d2
• 1.5f
• 1.6a
• 1.6b
• 1.6d
• 1.6e
• 1.6e2
• 1.7a
• 1.7b3
• 1.8a
• 1.8b3
• 1.8d
• 1.8e
• 1.8g3
• 1.9b2
• 2.0a2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: http://netwininfosolutions.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Surgemail 2.0c

Timelineinfo

05/16/2003 🔍
06/03/2004 +384 days 🔍
06/03/2004 +0 days 🔍
06/07/2004 +3 days 🔍
06/07/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +206 days 🔍
11/21/2005 +325 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3395 days 🔍
04/12/2025 +3687 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netwininfosolutions.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Donnie Werner
Organization: exploitlabs.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-2547 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2547
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23429
X-Force: 16319 - SurgeMail invalid HTTP request path disclosure
SecurityFocus: 10483 - NetWin SurgeMail/WebMail Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11772
OSVDB: 6745 - SurgeMail/WebMail Error Message Path Disclosure

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

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 04/12/2025 23:29
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (59), 06/29/2018 10:34 (8), 04/12/2025 23:29 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:E7F:103

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