WebAdmin MDaemon privilege escalation
| webadmin-mdaemon-privilege-escalation (28776) |  High Risk |
Description:
WebAdmin running with MDaemon could allow an MDaemon domain administrator to gain elevated privileges. A remote attacker with domain administrator privileges could send a specially-crafted URL to the useredit_account.wdm module to obtain sensitive information and rename the mailbox that the queue is directed to and obtain access to the MDaemon account.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of WebAdmin (3.26 or later), available from the WebAdmin Web site. See References.
References:
- Alt-N Technologies Web site: WebAdmin.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Sep 04 2006 - 15:24:13 CDT : TTG0602 - Alt-N WebAdmin MDaemon Account Hijacking.
- BID-19841: Alt-N MDaemon WebAdmin Component Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4620: The useredit_account.wdm module in Alt-N WebAdmin 3.2.5 running with MDaemon 9.0.6, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote authenticated domain administrators to gain privileges and obtain access to the system mail queue by modifying the mailbox of the MDaemon user account to use the mailbox of another account.
- OSVDB ID: 28548: WebAdmin useredit_account.wdm Module MDaemon Account Access
- SA21727: WebAdmin "MDaemon" Account Access Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Alt-N WebAdmin 3.25
Reported:
Sep 04, 2006
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