masqmail up to 0.2.17 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in masqmail up to 0.2.17. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2662. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in masqmail up to 0.2.17 (Mail Server Software). 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:

masqmail before 0.2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted e-mail addresses that are not properly sanitized when creating a failed delivery message.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2005. The weakness was published 09/20/2005 by Jens Steube (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mandriva.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2662 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19956 (Debian DSA-848-1 : masqmail - several vulnerabilities), 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 0.2.18 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22346), Tenable (19956), SecurityFocus (BID 14890†), OSVDB (19583†) and Secunia (SA16883†). Similar entry is available at VDB-26356. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Mail Server Software

Name

• masqmail

Version

• 0.2.0
• 0.2.1
• 0.2.2
• 0.2.3
• 0.2.4
• 0.2.5
• 0.2.6
• 0.2.7
• 0.2.8
• 0.2.9
• 0.2.10
• 0.2.11
• 0.2.12
• 0.2.13
• 0.2.14
• 0.2.15
• 0.2.16
• 0.2.17

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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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: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 19956
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-848-1 : masqmail - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 55561
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 848-1 (masqmail)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: masqmail 0.2.18

Timelineinfo

08/22/2005 🔍
09/20/2005 +29 days 🔍
09/21/2005 +0 days 🔍
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09/21/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/08/2005 +16 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +3 days 🔍
10/24/2005 +13 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3425 days 🔍
06/10/2019 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mandriva.com
Researcher: Jens Steube
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2662 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2662
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26355
X-Force: 22346
SecurityFocus: 14890 - MasqMail Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16883 - MasqMail Two Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 19583 - MasqMail Crafted E-mail Address Arbitrary Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 9447 - MasqMail Failed Delivery Message Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-1807

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 14:25
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (82), 06/10/2019 14:25 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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