SocketMail "site_path" Parameter Handling Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in SocketMail, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to input validation errors in the "index.php" and "inc-common.php" scripts that do not validate the "site_path" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
SocketMail Lite version 2.2.6 and priorSocketMail Pro version 2.2.6 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to SocketMail version 2.2.7 : http://www.socketmail.com/site/home/products.php
     
CVE   CVE-2006-2681
     
References   http://www.majorsecurity.de/advisory/major_rls6.txt
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2006-05-26 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote