mailcow: dockerized is an open source groupware/email suite based on docker. A security vulnerability has been identified in mailcow affecting versions prior to 2024-04. This vulnerability is a combination of path traversal and arbitrary code execution, specifically targeting the `rspamd_maps()` function. It allows authenticated admin users to overwrite any file writable by the www-data user by exploiting improper path validation. The exploit chain can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands on the server. Version 2024-04 contains a patch for the issue.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 6.2 MEDIUM Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
l➤ Exploitability Metrics: Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH Privileges Required (PR)* HIGH User Interaction (UI)* NONE Scope (S)* UNCHANGED
l➤ Impact Metrics: Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH Availability Impact (A)* LOW
Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 CWE Name: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (
Path Traversal
) Source: mailcow
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)