SquirrelMail gpg_recv_key privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in SquirrelMail. This affects the function gpg_recv_key. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-1924. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SquirrelMail (Mail Client Software) (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function gpg_recv_key. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/11/2007 with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1924 since 06/08/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed by jmp-esp and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25873 (GLSA-200708-08 : SquirrelMail G/PGP plugin: Arbitrary code execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35355), Exploit-DB (4173), Tenable (25873), SecurityFocus (BID 24874†) and OSVDB (37924†). Similar entries are available at VDB-27838, VDB-37815, VDB-37814 and VDB-37804. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: jmp-esp
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Nessus ID: 25873
Nessus Name: GLSA-200708-08 : SquirrelMail G/PGP plugin: Arbitrary code execution
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OpenVAS ID: 58543
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200708-08 (squirrelmail)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1924 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1924
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-85940
X-Force: 35355
SecurityFocus: 24874 - SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plug-in Multiple Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26035 - SquirrelMail G/PGP Encryption Plugin Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 37924 - SquirrelMail G/PGP (GPG) Plugin gpg_key_functions.php gpg_recv_key Function Arbitrary Command Execution
Vupen: ADV-2007-2513

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

Created: 05/09/2016 11:29
Updated: 09/25/2024 14:09
Changes: 05/09/2016 11:29 (78), 01/17/2019 12:05 (3), 08/12/2022 12:50 (3), 09/25/2024 14:09 (15)
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