PT-2002-1582 · Emu · Emu Webmail

Published 2002-08-12 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-0532

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions EMU Webmail (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by exploiting a weakness in the HTTP Host header. This is achieved by including a .. (dot dot) in the header that points to a Trojan horse configuration file. The configuration file contains a pageroot specifier with shell metacharacters, which can be used to execute malicious commands.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0532

Affected Products

Emu Webmail

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4488 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8836.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0532 · Security Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/266930 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/5270 · Note