CVE-2024-35187

May 16, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

CVSS Score

9.1 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Stalwart Mail Server

  • before 0.8.0

Description

Stalwart Mail Server is an open-source mail server. Prior to version 0.8.0, attackers who achieved Arbitrary Code Execution as the stalwart-mail user (including web interface admins) can gain complete root access to the system. Usually, system services are run as a separate user (not as root) to isolate an attacker with Arbitrary Code Execution to the current service. Therefore, other system services and the system itself remains protected in case of a successful attack. stalwart-mail runs as a separate user, but it can give itself full privileges again in a simple way, so this protection is practically ineffective. Server admins who handed out the admin credentials to the mail server, but didn't want to hand out complete root access to the system, as well as any attacked user when the attackers gained Arbitrary Code Execution using another vulnerability, may be vulnerable. Version 0.8.0 contains a patch for the issue.

Weaknesses

Date

Published: May 16, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified: May 16, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
9.1
Exploitability Score
Impact Score
Base Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References