MDaemon Content Filter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:14400

Info

MDaemon Content Filter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14400
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 27 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:09AM
Credit: Tan Chew Keong is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Alt-N MDaemon 8.0.5
Alt-N MDaemon 8.0.4
Alt-N MDaemon 8.0 3
Alt-N MDaemon 8.0 2
Alt-N MDaemon 8.0 1
Alt-N MDaemon 8.0
Not Vulnerable: Alt-N MDaemon 8.1

Discussion

MDaemon Content Filter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

MDaemon server is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability due to improper sanitization of user input.

Failure to sanitize the filename and path may result in compromise of the file system outside of the application's quarantine directory.

Exploit / POC

MDaemon Content Filter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is needed for this vulnerability.

The following email attachment filename example was provided:

'../../../../../file.exe'

Solution / Fix

References

MDaemon Content Filter Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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