ID:1481 - Exploit for Path traversal in Apache James - CVE-2015-7611

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Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within username when creating new user account in Apache James Remote Administration Tool. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted POP3 request to create a user with malicious username and then execute the code, stored in the username by sending an email to this particular recipient.

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