Stalwart Mail Server CVE-2024-35179
MEDIUMVulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Privilege dropping
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Stalwart Mail Server is an open-source mail server. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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See vendor advisory for affected versions.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-271. Stalwart Mail Server is an open-source mail server. Prior to version 0.8.0, when using RUN_AS_USER, the specified user (and therefore, web interface admins) can read arbitrary files as root. Version 0.8.0 contains a patch for the issue. Version information: version 0.8.0.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorVendor: github
DescriptionCVE.org
Stalwart Mail Server is an open-source mail server. Prior to version 0.8.0, when using RUN_AS_USER, the specified user (and therefore, web interface admins) can read arbitrary files as root. This issue affects admins who have set up to run stalwart with RUN_AS_USER who handed out admin credentials to the mail server but expect these to only grant access according to the RUN_AS_USER and are attacked where the attackers managed to achieve Arbitrary Code Execution using another vulnerability. Version 0.8.0 contains a patch for the issue.
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Attack Technique
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
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