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A vulnerability was found in ClearSwift MAILsweeper up to 4.3.19. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Charset Handler. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Clearswift MAILsweeper for SMTP before 4.3.20 and MAILsweeper for Exchange before 4.3.20 allows remote attackers to bypass the "text analysis", possibly bypassing SPAM and other filters, by sending an e-mail specifying a non-existent or unrecognized character set.

The weakness was presented 06/21/2006 with ClearSwift (Website). The advisory is shared for download at download.mimesweeper.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3215 since 06/23/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at clearswift.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27301). See 2330, 2329, 30989 and 84177 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Vendor

• ClearSwift

Name

• MAILsweeper

Version

• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.3.7
• 4.3.8
• 4.3.9
• 4.3.10
• 4.3.11
• 4.3.12
• 4.3.13
• 4.3.14
• 4.3.15
• 4.3.16
• 4.3.17
• 4.3.18
• 4.3.19

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: clearswift.com

Timelineinfo

06/21/2006 🔍
06/21/2006 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2006 +0 days 🔍
06/23/2006 +1 days 🔍
06/23/2006 +0 days 🔍
06/26/2006 +3 days 🔍
03/13/2021 +5374 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: download.mimesweeper.com
Researcher: http://www.mimesweeper.com
Organization: ClearSwift
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2006-3215 (🔍)
X-Force: 27301 - MAILsweeper for SMTP/Exchange character set security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 18584 - Clearswift MAILsweeper for SMTP / Exchange Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20756 - MAILsweeper for SMTP/Exchange Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 26737
Vupen: ADV-2006-2473

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/26/2006 17:40
Updated: 03/13/2021 08:31
Changes: 06/26/2006 17:40 (64), 12/02/2015 10:49 (2), 03/13/2021 08:31 (8)
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