7474 : Open WebMail vacation.pl Arbitrary Command Execution
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Jul 06, 2004

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 Open Webmail contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to run arbitrary system commands. The issue is triggered when a crafted request for the vacation.pl script occurs. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

 Upgrade to -current version tree or apply the vendor supplied patch, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s): move vacation.pl to a seperate directory and set the vacationinit and vacationpipe configuration variables.

Products
Open Webmail Project
Watch-list
Open Webmail
Watch-list
 2.32
2.30
2.21
2.20
2.10
2.01
2.00

References

Tools & Filters
12637

Credit
  • Ken Girrard - kgirrardusers.sourceforge.net -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-07-25 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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