Email Attachment Filtering Vulnerability
CVE-2024-6048

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Openfind

Status
Mailgates 5.0
Mailaudit 5.0
Mailgates 6.0
Mailaudit 6.0
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 June 2024

What is CVE-2024-6048?

The vulnerability in Openfind's MailGates and MailAudit arises from inadequate input filtering when processing user-provided email attachments. This oversight allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious system commands. Exploiting this vulnerability poses a serious threat as it could enable attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server where these products operate, potentially leading to widespread system compromise and data breaches.

Affected Version(s)

MailAudit 5.0 earlier

MailAudit 6.0 earlier

MailGates 5.0 earlier

References

https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-7885-a8013-1.html
third-party-advisory
https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-7886-20b61-2.html
third-party-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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