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IlohaMail Attachment Upload Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for Attachment Upload vulnerability in IlohaMail

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The target is running at least one instance of IlohaMail version
0.7.9-RC2 or earlier. Such versions do not properly check the upload
path for file attachments, which may permit a possible hacker to place a file
on the target in a location writable by the web user if the file-based
backend is in use.

For a discussion of this vulnerability, see :

http://ilohamail.org/forum/view_thread.php?topic_id=5&id=561

***** Nessus has acertaind the vulnerability exists on the target
***** simply by looking at the version number of IlohaMail
***** installed there.

Solution : Upgrade to IlohaMail version 0.7.9 or later.

Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 6740

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 George A. Theall

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