Plugin ID | 176 |
Plugin name | Merak Mail Server prior 5.2.7 calendar.html Cross Site Scripting |
Plugin filename | Merak Mail Server prior 5.2.7 calendar_html Cross Site Scripting.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3857 bytes |
Plugin family | CGI |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/09/08 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/13 |
Plugin version | 1.2 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the fixing time value in version 1.0 (minutes instead of hours). Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.2 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 4096 |
Plugin procedure exploit | open|send GET /readmail.html?id=1&folder="><script>foo</script> HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists script>foo</script |
Plugin exploit accuracy | 99 |
Plugin comment | Check is inspired by the Nessus plugin. |
Bug published email | security at criolabs.net |
Bug published web | http://www.criolabs.net |
Bug published company | Criolabs Staff |
Bug published date | 2004/08/17 |
Bug advisory | http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0239.html |
Bug affected | Merak Mail Server prior 5.2.7 |
Bug not affected | Merak Mail Server 7.5.2 and newer |
Bug vulnerability class | Cross Site Scripting |
Bug description | The remote host is running a Merak Mail Server prior 5.2.7. There is a bug in calendar.html which makes it vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks. An attacker may use this bug to run arbitrary web code in the context of the web site. There are also affecting some other critical flaws the determined version of Merak Mail Server. See OSVDB 9037 to 9045 for more details. |
Bug solution | You should upgrade to version 7.5.2 or higher. See http://www.MerakMailServer.com/Download/ for downloads. Change the default directory of the affected suite to make it harder to run pre-defined and automated attacks against the vulnerability. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 45 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10966/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Medium |
Bug popularity | 5 |
Bug simplicity | 7 |
Bug impact | 7 |
Bug risk | 6 |
Bug Nessus risk | Medium |
Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. The possibilities of exploiting this kind of vulnerabilities is well-known and well documented. |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 10966 |
Source OSVDB ID | 9041 |
Source Security Tracker ID | 1010969 |
Source Nessus ID | 14379 |
Source ISS X-Force ID | 17024 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |