VDB-14407 · CVE-1999-0643 · SBV-5324

Host IMAP Service privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Host. This affects an unknown function of the component IMAP Service. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-1999-0643. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to change the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Host (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IMAP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: None. Reason: this candidate is solely about a configuration that does not directly introduce security vulnerabilities, so it is more appropriate to cover under the Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE). Notes: the former description is: "The IMAP service is running."

The weakness was disclosed 01/01/1999. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0643. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .Proper firewalling of tcp/143 (imap4) is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be the change of configuration settings.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-5324†). The entries VDB-14411, VDB-14410, VDB-14409 and VDB-14408 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/01/1999 🔍
01/01/1999 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +5648 days 🔍
04/23/2025 +3961 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0643 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0643
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14407
Vulnerability Center: 5324

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 01:35
Updated: 04/23/2025 04:12
Changes: 06/20/2014 01:35 (37), 06/20/2014 01:36 (3), 06/24/2024 13:33 (16), 04/23/2025 04:12 (7)
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