IMail Server and WS_FTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:218

Info

IMail Server and WS_FTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 218
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-1999-1170
CVE-1999-1171
Remote: No
Local: No
Published: Feb 04 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:16AM
Credit: This vulnerability was posted to NTBugtraq by Marc <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 1.0.2 EVAL
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 1.0.1 EVAL
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Ipswitch IMail 5.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IMail Server and WS_FTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Non-administrative Imail and WS_FTP Server users may elevate their privileges to administrator for these applications by modifying a specific registry value. Once a person has obtained administrative privileges, they may use the application interface (locally) to read email, create accounts, delete accounts, etc.

Exploit / POC

IMail Server and WS_FTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Access the following registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains\Machine_name\Users\Username"
Modify the Flag value to read "1920". 1920 gives the user account administrator permissions to IMail and WS_FTP Server.

Solution / Fix

IMail Server and WS_FTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Check with Ipswitch for a vendor patch.

References

IMail Server and WS_FTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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