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CVE-2013-1904
published 2014-02-08

CVE-2013-1904: Absolute path traversal vulnerability in steps/mail/sendmail.inc in Roundcube Webmail before 0.7.3 and 0.8.x before 0.8.6 allows remote attackers to read…

PriorityP272medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPINAN
ITWVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
2.29%
81.0th percentile
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in steps/mail/sendmail.inc in Roundcube Webmail before 0.7.3 and 0.8.x before 0.8.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the _value parameter for the generic_message_footer setting in a save-perf action to index.php, as exploited in the wild in March 2013.

Affected

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Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

pathsteps/mail/sendmail.inc
urlindex.php?_action=save-perf&_value=<full_path>
  • Monitor POST requests to index.php containing a 'save-perf' action with a '_value' parameter that holds an absolute filesystem path (e.g. starting with '/') targeting the 'generic_message_footer' setting — this is the exact exploitation vector observed in the wild in March 2013.
  • Alert on Roundcube Webmail versions prior to 0.7.3 or 0.8.x prior to 0.8.6 processing requests to steps/mail/sendmail.inc, as these are the vulnerable code paths.
  • A remote attacker exploiting this flaw can read arbitrary files accessible to the web server process user — look for unexpected file reads (e.g. /etc/passwd, application config files) in web server logs correlated with save-perf POST requests.
  • ·The vulnerability is triggered only when an authenticated user (or attacker with session access) can modify the 'generic_message_footer' configuration option via the web UI — access controls on settings pages may limit exposure.

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv5.0MEDIUM
vulncheck5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
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