QuarkMail "tf" Parameter Processing Directory Traversal Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in QuarkMail, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access to arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "cgi-bin/get_message.cgi" script that does not validate the "tf" parameter, which could be exploited to download arbitrary files via a directory traversal attack.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
QuarkMail
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2009-3124
     
References   http://packetstormsecurity.org/0908-exploits/quarkmail-lfi.txt
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-08-28 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote