V-webmail frameset.php spoofing

vwebmail-frameset-spoofing (24753) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

V-webmail could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing and spoofing attacks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted URL link to the frameset.php script using the 'rframe' parameter to specify a malicious Web page, which would cause the malicious Web site to be opened up in an HTML frame in the Web mail frameset.

Platforms Affected:

  • V-webmail, V-webmail 1.6.2

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of V-webmail (1.6.3 or later), available from the V-webmail Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Other

References:

  • V-webmail Web site, V-webmail at http://www.v-webmail.org/.
  • BID-16706: V-webmail Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-0793: frameset.php in V-webmail 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks by referencing arbitrary websites in the rframe parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
  • FrSIRT/ADV-2006-0639: V-webmail Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
  • OSVDB ID: 23261: V-webmail frameset.php rframe Variable Arbitrary Remote HTML Inclusion
  • SA18776: V-webmail Cross-Site Scripting and Path Disclosure

Reported:

Feb 17, 2006

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