PT-2005-1873 · Netwin · Surgemail

Tan Chew Keong · Published 2005-03-24 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-0845

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SurgeMail version 2.2g3

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files or directories via a .. (dot dot) in the attach id parameter in the Webmail interface.

Recommendations For SurgeMail version 2.2g3, consider restricting access to the attach id parameter in the Webmail interface until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the attach id parameter with .. (dot dot) sequences to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0845

Affected Products

Surgemail

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0845 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14658 · Vendor Advisory
• http://netwinsite.com/cgi/dnewsweb.cgi?cmd=article&group=netwin.surgemail&item=8814&utag= · Patch
• http://security.org.sg/vuln/surgemail22g3.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0845 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111159967417903&w=2 · Note