SquirrelMail help path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in SquirrelMail. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument help leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1924. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SquirrelMail (Mail Client Software) (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument help 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 presented 07/12/2007 with iDEFENSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at labs.idefense.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1924 since 06/08/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.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 Exploit-DB (4173), Tenable (25873), SecurityFocus (BID 24874†), OSVDB (37933†) and Secunia (SA26035†). See VDB-27838, VDB-37815, VDB-37814 and VDB-37804 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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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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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06/08/2005 🔍
12/31/2005 +206 days 🔍
07/11/2007 +557 days 🔍
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08/11/2007 +29 days 🔍
08/13/2007 +2 days 🔍
05/09/2016 +3192 days 🔍
09/25/2024 +3061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2005-1924 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1924
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-85943
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: 37933 - SquirrelMail G/PGP (GPG) Plugin gpg_help_base.php help Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion
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 14:18
Changes: 05/09/2016 11:29 (67), 01/17/2019 12:06 (11), 08/12/2022 12:57 (4), 08/12/2022 13:05 (1), 09/25/2024 14:18 (15)
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