Confirm E-Mail Header Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:9728

Info

Confirm E-Mail Header Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9728
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0324
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 23 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 03:06AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Mariusz Woloszyn.
Vulnerable: Confirm Confirm 0.62
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Confirm Confirm 0.50
Not Vulnerable: Confirm Confirm 0.70

Discussion

Confirm E-Mail Header Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

The Confirm Procmail script is prone to a remote command execution vulnerability. This issue is exposed when the script handles malicious input such as shell metacharacters in e-mail headers.

Successful exploitation will allow for execution of shell commands in the context of the user invoking the script.

Exploit / POC

Confirm E-Mail Header Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Confirm E-Mail Header Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in Confirm 0.70.


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Confirm Confirm 0.62

References

Confirm E-Mail Header Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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