// For flags

CVE-2008-1218

Dovecot IMAP 1.0.10 < 1.1rc2 - Remote Email Disclosure

Severity Score

6.8
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.

Vulnerabilidad de inyección de argumentos en Dovecot 1.0.x anterior a 1.0.13, y 1.1.x anterior a 1.1.rc3, cuando se utiliza passdbs con bloqueo, permite a atacantes remotos evitar la comprobación de contraseña a través de una contraseña que contenga caracteres TAB, los cuales son tratados como delimitadores de los argumentos que permiten que el fichero skip_password_check sea especificado.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2008-03-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2008-03-10 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-07 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-255: Credentials Management Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Dovecot
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Dovecot
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<= 1.0.12
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-
Affected
Dovecot
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Dovecot
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<= 1.1
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rc2
Affected