maildrop up to 1.5.2 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in maildrop. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-2655. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in maildrop. It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation 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:

lockmail in maildrop before 1.5.3 does not drop privileges before executing commands, which allows local users to gain privileges via command line arguments.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2005. The weakness was disclosed 08/30/2005 by Max Vozeler (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2655 since 08/22/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/09/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19561 (Debian DSA-791-1 : maildrop - missing privilege release), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22102), Tenable (19561), SecurityFocus (BID 14696†), OSVDB (19083†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9121†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• maildrop

Version

• 0.50
• 0.51
• 0.51b
• 0.51c
• 0.54
• 0.54a
• 0.54b
• 0.55
• 0.55a
• 0.55b
• 0.55c
• 0.60
• 0.61
• 0.62
• 0.63
• 0.64
• 0.65
• 0.70
• 0.71
• 0.72
• 0.73
• 0.74
• 0.75
• 0.76
• 0.99.1
• 0.99.2
• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8
• 1.3.9
• 1.4.0
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19561
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-791-1 : maildrop - missing privilege release
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OpenVAS ID: 55193
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 791-1 (maildrop)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: maildrop 1.5.3

Timelineinfo

08/22/2005 🔍
08/30/2005 +8 days 🔍
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08/30/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/30/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/31/2005 +1 days 🔍
09/06/2005 +6 days 🔍
09/11/2005 +5 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3468 days 🔍
06/09/2019 +1551 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Max Vozeler
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2655 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2655
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26187
X-Force: 22102
SecurityFocus: 14696 - Maildrop Lockmail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 19083 - Maildrop - Lockmail Local Privilege Escalation Issue
Vulnerability Center: 9121 - Maildrop Lockmail <1.5.3 Local Privilege Elevation via Command Line Arguments, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/09/2019 10:11
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (66), 06/09/2019 10:11 (8)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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