Vulnerability Name:

CCN-42052

Published:2008-04-28
Updated:2008-04-28
Summary:Novell GroupWise client is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper parsing of mailto: URIs. By persuading a victim to open an HTML email attachment containing a specially-crafted mailto: URI in an iframe SRC tag, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Apr 28 2008 - 08:55:56 CDT
GroupWise 7.0 mailto: scheme buffer overflow

Source: CCN
Type: Novell GroupWise Web site
Novell GroupWise

Source: CCN
Type: Novell Document ID: 7000314
Response to reported security vulnerability SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID: 28969

Source: CCN
Type: BID-28969
Novell GroupWise 'mailto' URI Handler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
novell-groupwise-mailto-bo(42052)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:novell:groupwise:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    novell groupwise 7.0