PHPMailer up to 1.73 class.phpmailer.php sendmailsend privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHPMailer 1.7/1.7.1/1.7.2/1.7.3/1.73. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function sendmailsend of the file class.phpmailer.php. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-3215. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PHPMailer 1.7/1.7.1/1.7.2/1.7.3/1.73. This affects the function sendmailsend of the file class.phpmailer.php. 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:

PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.

The bug was discovered 06/11/2007. The weakness was disclosed 06/11/2007 by Thor Larholm (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-3215 since 06/14/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:class.phpmailer.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25581 (Debian DSA-1315-1 : libphp-phpmailer - missing input validation), 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 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34818), Tenable (25581), SecurityFocus (BID 24417†), OSVDB (37206†) and Secunia (SA25626†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 25581
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1315-1 : libphp-phpmailer - missing input validation
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OpenVAS ID: 58363
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1315-1 (libphp-phpmailer)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Researcher: Thor Larholm
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-3215 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3215
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37287

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X-Force: 34818
SecurityFocus: 24417 - PHPMailer Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 25626
OSVDB: 37206 - PHPMailer class.phpmailer.php SendmailSend Function Arbitrary Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 15501 - PHPMailer SendMail Vulnerability Allows Remote Attacker to Execute Arbitrary Shell Commands, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2161

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/21/2019 09:49
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (82), 07/21/2019 09:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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