SquirrelMail Theme Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:4385

Info

SquirrelMail Theme Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4385
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 28 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 28 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by pokleyzz sakamaniaka <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.5
SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.4
SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.3
SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.2
SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.1
SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2 .0
Not Vulnerable: SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.6
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Debian Linux 3.0

Discussion

SquirrelMail Theme Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

SquirrelMail is a feature rich webmail program implemented in the PHP4 language. It is available for Linux and Unix based operating systems. SquirrelMail allows for extended functionality through a plugin system.

A vulnerability has been reported in some versions of SquirrelMail. Reportedly, it is possible to corrupt the variable used to select a user's theme, and force the vulnerable script to execute arbitrary commands.

Exploit / POC

SquirrelMail Theme Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

An exploit has been provided by pokleyzz sakamaniaka <[email protected]>:

Solution / Fix

SquirrelMail Theme Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in SquirrelMail version 1.2.6. Users are advised to upgrade.


SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2 .0

SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.1

SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.2

SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.3

SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.4

SquirrelMail SquirrelMail 1.2.5

References

SquirrelMail Theme Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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