CVE-2001-1159

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

load_prefs.php and supporting include files in SquirrelMail 1.0.4 and earlier do not properly initialize certain PHP variables, which allows remote attackers to (1) view sensitive files via the config_php and data_dir options, and (2) execute arbitrary code by using options_order.php to upload a message that could be interpreted as PHP.

load_prefs.php and supporting include files in SquirrelMail 1.0.4 and earlier do not properly initialize certain PHP variables, which allows remote attackers to (1) view sensitive files via the config_php and data_dir options, and (2) execute arbitrary code by using options_order.php to upload a message that could be interpreted as PHP.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

SquirrelMail

First reported 23 years ago

2001-07-02 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:25:00

Affected Software

SquirrelMail 1.0.4

1.0.4

SquirrelMail 1.0.5

1.0.5

References

20010702 (SRADV00010) Remote command execution vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail

Patch, Vendor Advisory

squirrelmail-loadprefs-execute-code(6775)

Patch, Vendor Advisory

2968

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.squirrelmail.org/changelog.php

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