MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Remote Overflow - Nessus

Critical   Plugin ID: 18123

This page contains detailed information about the MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Remote Overflow Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview

ID: 18123
Name: MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Remote Overflow
Filename: mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2005-04-22
This Plugin Published: 2005-04-25
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-19
Plugin Version: 1.16
Plugin Type: remote
Plugin Family: CGI abuses
Dependencies: http_version.nasl

Vulnerability Information

Severity: Critical
Vulnerability Published: 2005-04-22
Patch Published: N/A
CVE [?]: N/A
CPE [?]: cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable

Synopsis

A web application on the remote host has a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The version of MailEnable running on the remote host has a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing the Authorization field in the HTTP header. A remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of this software.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): 8080
Target Asset(s): Services/www
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Remote Overflow vulnerability:

  1. Metasploit: exploit/windows/http/mailenable_auth_header
    [MailEnable Authorization Header Buffer Overflow]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

Risk Information

CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:F/RL:U/RC:ND
CVSS Base Score:10.0 (High)
Impact Subscore:10.0
Exploitability Subscore:10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:9.5 (High)
CVSS Environmental Score:NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:NA
Overall CVSS Score:9.5 (High)

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Plugin Source

This is the mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc. 

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');


if (description)
{
  script_id(18123);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");

  script_bugtraq_id(13350);

  script_name(english:"MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Remote Overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for Authorization Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in MailEnable HTTPMail Service");
 
  script_set_attribute(  attribute:"synopsis",  value:
"A web application on the remote host has a buffer overflow
vulnerability."  );
  script_set_attribute(  attribute:"description",   value:
"The version of MailEnable running on the remote host has a buffer
overflow vulnerability when processing the Authorization field in
the HTTP header.  A remote attacker could exploit this to execute
arbitrary code."  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Apr/408"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Upgrade to the latest version of this software."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:U/RC:ND");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'MailEnable Authorization Header Buffer Overflow');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/04/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/04/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("http_version.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 8080);

  exit(0);
}

include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:8080);
auth = make_array("Authorization", crap(data:"A", length:5));
buf = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:'/', add_headers:auth, port:port, exit_on_fail: 1);

if ("HTTP/1.1 401 Access Denied" >!< buf[0])
  exit(0, "Page / is not protected on port "+port+".");
if ("Server: MailEnable-HTTP/5.0" >!< buf[1])
  exit(0, "Server on port "+port+" is not MailEnable-HTTP/5.0.");

auth = make_array("Authorization", crap(data:"A", length:280));
buf = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:'/', add_headers:auth, port:port, exit_on_fail: 1);

if (("HTTP/1.1 401 Access Denied" >!< buf[0]) || ("Server: MailEnable-HTTP/5.0" >!< buf[1]))
  security_hole (port);

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

  • Linux / Unix:
    /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl
  • Windows:
    C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl
  • Mac OS X:
    /Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Remote Overflow as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

  1. Click to start a New Scan.
  2. Select Advanced Scan.
  3. Navigate to the Plugins tab.
  4. On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
  5. On the left side table select CGI abuses plugin family.
  6. On the right side table select MailEnable HTTPMail Service Authorization Header Remote Overflow plugin ID 18123.
  7. Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
  8. Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file mailenable_httpmail_authorization_overflow.nasl version 1.16. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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