Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4013. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam (Anti-Spam Software) (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/28/2006 by George A. Theall with Tenable Network Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityresponse.symantec.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4013 since 08/07/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22158 (Brightmail AntiSpam bmagent Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (DoS, Traversal)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28058), Tenable (22158), SecurityFocus (BID 19182†), OSVDB (27590†) and Secunia (SA21223†). The entries VDB-31673 and VDB-31672 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22158
Nessus Name: Brightmail AntiSpam bmagent Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (DoS, Traversal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Researcher: George A. Theall
Organization: Tenable Network Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4013 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4013
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84392
X-Force: 28058
SecurityFocus: 19182 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Control Center Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21223 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 27590 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam DATABLOB-* Request Traversal Arbitrary File Write
SecurityTracker: 1016600
Vupen: ADV-2006-3018

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 19:54
Updated: 08/03/2022 05:06
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:54 (61), 12/02/2018 09:59 (12), 08/03/2022 05:06 (3)
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