DtMail Local Format String Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2145

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a remote 'format string' flaw.

Description

The remote host is using DtMail, a mail user agent included in CDE, the default desktop environment for Sun Solaris. It is reported that versions of DtMail shipped with Solaris 8 and 9 are prone to a local format string issue. An local attacker may exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code with mail group privileges.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2145

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sun:dtmail

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0800

BID: 11027

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