CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Dovecot 1.0.2 (Mail Server Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The ACL plugin in Dovecot before 1.0.3 allows remote authenticated users with the insert right to save certain flags via a (1) COPY or (2) APPEND command.
The bug was discovered 08/01/2007. The weakness was disclosed 08/07/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4211 since 08/07/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32423 (RHEL 5 : dovecot (RHSA-2008:0297)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 11 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35767) and Tenable (32423). The entry 36376 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 32423
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : dovecot (RHSA-2008:0297)
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OpenVAS ID: 870153
OpenVAS Name: Rhino Software Serv-U SITE SET Command Denial Of Service vulnerability
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Dovecot 1.0.2
Timeline
08/01/2007 🔍08/02/2007 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-4211 (🔍)
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X-Force: 35767
Vulnerability Center: 18473 - Dovecot ACL Plugin Vulnerability Allows Remote Authenticated Users to Bypass Security Restrictions, Medium
SecurityFocus: 25182 - Dovecot ACL Plugin Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 26320
OSVDB: 39386 - Dovecot - ACL Plugin - Security Bypass Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/15/2015 15:58Updated: 08/10/2019 17:34
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (73), 08/10/2019 17:34 (7)
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