16805 : Ipswitch IMail Web Calendaring Server GET Request Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-05-24
Time to Exploit Time to Vendor Response
29 days 15 days

Description

The Web Calendaring component in IMail Server contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to access arbitrary files. The issue occurs when requesting nonexistent JavaScript (*.jsp) files followed by traversal style attacks (../../) resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.2 Hotfix 2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ipswitch, Inc.
IMail Server
8.13

References

Tools & Filters

Snort

15953
18368

ipswitch_cal

Credit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-05-25 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_1 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_0

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