CVE-2018-8741 (GCVE-0-2018-8741)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-17 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 07:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A directory traversal flaw in SquirrelMail 1.4.22 allows an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate (or potentially delete) files from the hosting server, related to ../ in the att_local_name field in Deliver.class.php.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/17/2 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://gist.github.com/hannob/3c4f86863c418930ad… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040554 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4168 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://insinuator.net/2018/03/squirrelmail-full-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://paste.pound-python.org/show/OjSLiFTxiBrTk… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Date Public
2018-03-17 00:00
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