eXtremail up to 1.5.9 Password improper authentication

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in eXtremail. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Password Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-0332. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in eXtremail and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Extremail 1.5.9 does not check passwords correctly when they are all digits or begin with a digit, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

The weakness was presented 11/23/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0332. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/22/2018).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15329) and SecurityFocus (BID 9754†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• eXtremail

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9

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