CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0258

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Merak Mail IceWarp Web Mail uses a static identifier as a user session ID that does not change across sessions. This could allow remote attackers with access to the ID to gain privileges as that user.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that attackers could hijack a user's session, leading to unauthorized access to their data and system functions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement dynamic session identifiers and additional security mechanisms to mitigate the risk of session hijacking.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Merak Mail IceWarp Web Mail uses a static identifier as a user session ID that does not change across sessions, which could allow remote attackers with access to the ID to gain privileges as that user, e.g. by extracting the ID from the user's answer or forward URLs.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS