Mailtraq Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:7921

Info

Mailtraq Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7921
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 16 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 16 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery credited to Noam Rathaus.
Vulnerable: Mailtraq Mailtraq 2.1 .0.1302
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Mailtraq Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

It has been reported that Mailtraq is vulnerable to a remote directory traversal issue. Because of this, an attacker may be able to gain access to files on the local system with the privileges of the Mailtraq server process.

Solution / Fix

Mailtraq Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been reported that the vendor has stated the following:

Mailtraq is not vulnerable to this problem if it is installed with the default configuration on a standard "box". u can only access paths exposed by the web server.

This information has not been confirmed.

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]>.

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