Winmail Server Mail Attachment cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Winmail Server. This affects an unknown part of the component Mail Attachment Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-3692. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Winmail Server (Mail Server Software) (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Mail Attachment Handler. The manipulation 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.

The bug was discovered 10/28/2005. The weakness was presented 11/18/2005 by Secunia Security Advisories with Secunia (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3692. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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. 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.

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 (20928†), Secunia (SA16665†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9680†). See VDB-27084, VDB-26980 and VDB-83172 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 20227
Nessus Name: Winmail Server <= 4.2 Build 0824 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2005-3692 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3692
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-83173
SecurityFocus: 15493 - Magic Winmail Server Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16665
OSVDB: 20928 - Winmail Server Mail Attachment XSS
Vulnerability Center: 9680

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

Created: 05/03/2016 12:35
Updated: 07/13/2024 03:03
Changes: 05/03/2016 12:35 (45), 11/08/2018 10:57 (7), 07/27/2022 21:51 (3), 07/27/2022 21:59 (7), 06/14/2024 13:39 (19), 07/13/2024 03:03 (1)
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