Amax Information Technologies Magic Winmail Server up to 4.2 badlogin.php retid cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Amax Information Technologies Magic Winmail Server up to 4.2. This affects an unknown function of the file badlogin.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument retid can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-3692. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Amax Information Technologies Magic Winmail Server up to 4.2 (Mail Server Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file badlogin.php. The manipulation of the argument retid with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AMAX Magic Winmail Server 4.2 (build 0824) and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) retid parameter in badlogin.php, (2) Content-Type headers in HTML mails, and (3) HTML mail attachments.

The bug was discovered 10/28/2005. The weakness was published 11/18/2005 by Secunia Security Advisories with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-3692 since 11/19/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 21 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:badlogin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20227 (Winmail Server <= 4.2 Build 0824 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

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 Tenable (20227), SecurityFocus (BID 15493†), OSVDB (20926†), Secunia (SA16665†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9681†). Similar entries are available at VDB-27084, VDB-83172 and VDB-83173. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 20227
Nessus Name: Winmail Server <= 4.2 Build 0824 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Secunia Security Advisories
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3692 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3692
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26980
SecurityFocus: 15493 - Magic Winmail Server Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16665 - Winmail Server Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20926 - Winmail Server badlogin.php retid Parameter XSS
Vulnerability Center: 9681 - Winmail 4.2 Directory Traversal, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2485

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/11/2019 16:04
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (76), 06/11/2019 16:04 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:B60:103

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