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Open WebMail Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15225
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Release Date:
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2005-05-03
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Last Update:
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2005-05-09
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Popularity:
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6,743 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Open WebMail 1.x
Open WebMail 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1435
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Open WebMail, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
Some input passed as parameters is not properly sanitised before being used in an "open()" call. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands via the "|" character.
Successful exploitation requires user to be authenticated.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.51 and prior.
Solution:
The vulnerability has fixed in the CVS repository (after 2005-04-30).
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2005-05-09: Added CVE reference.
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