MailMarshal Vulnerability to TAR Directory Traversal Attacks


This article applies to:

  • Trustwave MailMarshal (SEG) older unsupported versions
  • MailMarshal Exchange older unsupported versions

Symptoms:

  • Some much older versions of MailMarshal are vulnerable to Directory Traversal attacks when unpacking .TAR archives
  • An attacker could create a specially crafted file to overwrite important operating system files and cause the system to execute malicious code.

Resolution:

Upgrade to the current supported version of the product.

     


    Last Modified 4/1/2020.
    https://support.trustwave.com/kb/KnowledgebaseArticle11780.aspx