Squirrelmail Vacation plugin up to 0.15 line privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Squirrelmail Vacation plugin up to 0.15. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument line results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-0183. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Squirrelmail Vacation plugin up to 0.15 (Mail Client Software). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument line with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ftpfile in the Vacation plugin 0.15 and earlier for Squirrelmail allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a command line argument.

The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 by Leon Juranic (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0183 since 01/28/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. 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 (18855), SecurityFocus (BID 12222†), Secunia (SA13791†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1012866†). The entry VDB-24328 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Mail Client Software

Vendor

• Squirrelmail

Name

• Vacation plugin

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15

License

• free

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/11/2005 🔍
01/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
01/13/2005 +2 days 🔍
01/28/2005 +15 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +94 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
07/22/2017 +865 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Leon Juranic
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2005-0183 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0183
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24327
X-Force: 18855
SecurityFocus: 12222 - SquirrelMail Vacation Plugin FTPFile Input Validation Vulnerability
Secunia: 13791 - SquirrelMail Vacation Plugin Two Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1012866 - Squirrelmail Vacation Plugin Lets Local Users Execute Arbitrary Commands With Root Privileges

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/22/2017 10:31
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (56), 07/22/2017 10:31 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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