PT-2008-5087 · Microworld · Mailscan

Slayer · Published 2008-08-20 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-3727

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MailScan version 5.6.a espatch 1

Description A directory traversal issue exists in the Web Based Administration of MailScan, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files by including a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

Recommendations For MailScan version 5.6.a espatch 1, consider restricting access to the Web Based Administration interface until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the .. (dot dot) sequence in URIs to prevent exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3727

Affected Products

Mailscan

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6407 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://oliverkarow.de/research/mailscan.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/30700 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121881329424635&w=2 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31534 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3727 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44514 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4172 · Note