U-Mail edit.php file upload
| umail-edit-file-upload (46300) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
U-Mail could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by the improper validation of file extensions by the edit.php script. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP POST request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload a malicious PHP script, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the vulnerable system.
Platforms Affected:
- ComingChina.com, U-Mail 4.9.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Oct 30 2008 - 23:32:43 CDT , U-Mail Webmail 'edit.php' Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0256.html.
- ComingChina Web site, U-Mail at http://www.comingchina.com/.
- BID-32013: ComingChina.com U-Mail 'edit.php' Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-4932: webmail/modules/filesystem/edit.php in U-Mail Webmail server 4.91 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the path parameter and arbitrary content in the content parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a file under the web document root.
- SA32540: U-Mail "edit.php" Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability
Reported:
Oct 30, 2008
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