Open WebMail Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:13472

Info

Open WebMail Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13472
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1435
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 03 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06PM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.51
Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.32
Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.31
Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.30
Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.21
Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.20
Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.5
Not Vulnerable: Open Webmail Open Webmail -current

Discussion

Open WebMail Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

Open WebMail is prone to a remote shell command execution vulnerability. This issue presents itself due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data.

This issue has been addressed in releases of Open WebMail dated after Apr 30, 2005.

Exploit / POC

Open WebMail Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Open WebMail Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in the current release of the application.


Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.20

Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.21

Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.30

Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.31

Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.32

Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.5

Open Webmail Open Webmail 2.51

References

Open WebMail Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

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