CVE-2020-8866

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8866
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-23 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-07 15:35:00 UTC
DescriptionThis vulnerability allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations of Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within add.php. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can allow the upload of arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the www-data user. Was ZDI-CAN-10125.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-434

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Horde Groupware 5.2.22 All All All
Application Horde Groupware 5.2.22 All All All
Application Horde Horde Form All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[announce] [SECURITY] CVE-2020-8866: Arbitrary File Creation in Temporary Directory Vulnerability MISC lists.horde.org Vendor Advisory
ZDI-20-275 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 2162-1] php-horde-form security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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