Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Groupware Webmail Edition - #VU45949

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Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Groupware Webmail Edition - #VU45949

Published: August 22, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45949
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Groupware Webmail Edition
Software vendor:
Horde Project

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data passed via the sync_notepads parameter  to prefs.php script. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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