MailMan Webmail mmstdod.cgi Arbitrary Command Execution

critical Nessus Plugin ID 10566

Synopsis

A web application on the remote host has a command execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of MailMan Webmail on the remote web server has an arbitrary command execution vulnerability. Input to the 'ALTERNATE_TEMPLATES' parameter of mmstdod.cgi is not properly sanitized. A remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands on the system.

Solution

Upgrade to MailMan Webmail 3.0.26 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 10566

File Name: mailman_webmail.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/6/2000

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gnu:mailman

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2000

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0021

BID: 2063

Detections

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