CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-4370

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Alt-N WebAdmin 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 (running with MDaemon 9.0.5 and possibly earlier) allows a remote authenticated domain administrator to change a global administrator's password via the userlist.wdm file, leading to privilege escalation.

Risk Assessment

A domain administrator can take over the global administrator account and gain full control over the mail system, posing a serious threat to the organization's security.

Recommendation

Update Alt-N WebAdmin to a version later than 3.2.4 or apply the vendor's available patches as soon as possible, and limit the number of accounts with domain administrator privileges.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Alt-N WebAdmin 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 running with MDaemon 9.0.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote authenticated domain administrators to change a global administrator's password and gain privileges via the userlist.wdm file.

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