Amax Information Technologies Magic Winmail Server 4.0 upload.php path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Amax Information Technologies Magic Winmail Server 4.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file upload.php. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0313. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Amax Information Technologies Magic Winmail Server 4.0 (Mail Server Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the file upload.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Magic Winmail Server 4.0 Build 1112 allow remote attackers to (1) upload arbitrary files via certain parameters to upload.php or (2) read arbitrary files via certain parameters to download.php, and remote authenticated users to read, create, or delete arbitrary directories and files via the IMAP commands (3) CREATE, (4) EXAMINE, (5) SELECT, or (6) DELETE.

The weakness was disclosed 01/27/2005 by Tan Chew Keong (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0313 since 02/10/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:upload.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 (19114), Exploit-DB (25064), SecurityFocus (BID 12388†), Secunia (SA14053†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1013017†). The entries VDB-23899 and VDB-23898 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Tan Chew Keong
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0313 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0313
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23897
X-Force: 19114
SecurityFocus: 12388 - Magic Winmail Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14053 - Winmail Server Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1013017 - Magic Winmail Server Input Validation Holes in Webmail and IMAP Services Allow Directory Traversal Attacks

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

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 08/14/2025 03:52
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (57), 07/21/2017 20:34 (6), 08/14/2025 03:52 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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