7102 : Open Webmail IFS Environment Variable Privilege Escalation
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Disclosure

Nov 17, 2003

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Open Webmail contains a flaw related to the IFS $ENV variable that may allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.32 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Open Webmail Project

Open Webmail

Unknown or Unspecified

References

Vendor URL: http://openwebmail.org/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/doc/changes.txt

Credit

RJ Ent - unixabgusers.sourceforge.net -

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