CVE-2024-35179 (GCVE-0-2024-35179)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-15 15:55 – Updated: 2024-08-02 03:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Unprivileged Stalwart Mail Server user can read files as root
Summary
Stalwart Mail Server is an open-source mail server. Prior to version 0.8.0, when using `RUN_AS_USER`, the specified user (and therefore, web interface admins) can read arbitrary files as root. This issue affects admins who have set up to run stalwart with `RUN_AS_USER` who handed out admin credentials to the mail server but expect these to only grant access according to the `RUN_AS_USER` and are attacked where the attackers managed to achieve Arbitrary Code Execution using another vulnerability. Version 0.8.0 contains a patch for the issue.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-15 18:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-271 - Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server/secur… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| stalwartlabs | mail-server |
Affected:
< 0.8.0
|
|
| stalwartlabs | mail-server |
Affected:
0 , < 0.8.0
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:stalwartlabs:mail-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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