bugtraq - Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2.

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Message-ID: <20041129154601.17078.qmail@www.securityfocus.com>
Date: 29 Nov 2004 15:46:01 -0000
From: Reed Arvin <reedarvin@...il.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2.

Summary:
A privilege escalation flaw exists in MDaemon 7.2 (http://www.mdaemon.com).

Details:
A privilege escalation technique can be used to gain SYSTEM level access while interacting with the MDaemon tray icon.

Vulnerable Versions:
MDaemon 7.2

Solutions:
The vendor was notified of the issue. There was no response.

Exploit:
1. Double click on the mail icon in the Taskbar to open the Alt-N MDaemon Pro window.
2. Click File, click New
3. Notepad should open.  In Notepad click File, click Open
4. In the Files of type: field choose All Files
5. Navagate to %WINDIR%\System32\
6. Right click cmd.exe and choose Open
7. A new command shell will open with SYSTEM privileges

Discovered by Reed Arvin reedarvin[at]gmail[dot]com