SquirrelMail up to 1.4.3a webmail.php code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SquirrelMail. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file webmail.php. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-0103. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SquirrelMail (Mail Client Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file webmail.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in webmail.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying a URL parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

The bug was discovered 01/19/2005. The weakness was presented 01/24/2005 by FraMe (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at squirrelmail.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0103 since 01/18/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:webmail.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18992 (FreeBSD : squirrelmail -- XSS and remote code injection vulnerabilities (79630c0c-8dcc-45d0-9908-4087fe1d618c)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12149 (SquirrelMail (below 1.4.4) Multiple Remote Input Validation Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.4.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19037), Tenable (18992), SecurityFocus (BID 12337†), OSVDB (13146†) and Secunia (SA13962†). See VDB-23906 and VDB-23905 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 18992
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : squirrelmail -- XSS and remote code injection vulnerabilities (79630c0c-8dcc-45d0-9908-4087fe1d618c)
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OpenVAS ID: 52996
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: squirrelmail, ja-squirrelmail
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SquirrelMail 1.4.4

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01/18/2005 🔍
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01/22/2005 +3 days 🔍
01/24/2005 +2 days 🔍
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06/01/2005 +122 days 🔍
07/13/2005 +42 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3527 days 🔍
07/05/2025 +3770 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: squirrelmail.org
Researcher: FraMe
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0103 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0103
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23863

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X-Force: 19037
SecurityFocus: 12337 - SquirrelMail Multiple Remote Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13962
OSVDB: 13146 - SquirrelMail frameset file include
Vulnerability Center: 6935 - SquirrelMail 1.4.0-RC1 - 1.4.4-RC1 Allows Including Arbitrary Web Pages via webmail.php, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/05/2025 17:39
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (73), 06/05/2019 16:35 (9), 07/05/2025 17:39 (20)
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