Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) WSAdminServer and (2) WSWebServer in Kerio WebSTAR (4D WebSTAR Server Suite) 5.4.2 and earlier…

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) WSAdminServer and (2) WSWebServer in Kerio WebSTAR (4D WebSTAR Server Suite) 5.4.2 and earlier allows local users with webstar privileges to gain root privileges via a malicious libucache.dylib helper library in the current working directory.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.89% · top 41% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 21123 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1017239 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• kerio-webstar-privilege-escalation(30308) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-1115a%5D.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20061116 Kerio WebSTAR local privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 30450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 1921 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 22906 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:19 UTC.