Description
webmail/modules/filesystem/edit.php in U-Mail Webmail server 4.91 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the path parameter and arbitrary content in the content parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a file under the web document root.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- U-Mail Webmail 4.91 - 'edit.php' Arbitrary File Write EDB-6898 · webapps · Oct 31, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 32540 third-party-advisory
- umail-edit-file-upload(46300) vdb-entry
- 20081031 U-Mail Webmail 'edit.php' Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability mailing-list
- 32013 vdb-entry
- 4565 third-party-advisory
- 6898 exploit