Inter7 vpopmail 5.4.14/5.4.15 cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Inter7 vpopmail 5.4.14/5.4.15. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-2346. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to introduce extra authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Inter7 vpopmail 5.4.14/5.4.15 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

vpopmail 5.4.14 and 5.4.15, with cleartext passwords enabled, allows remote attackers to authenticate to an account that does not have a cleartext password set by using a blank password to (1) SMTP AUTH or (2) APOP.

The weakness was released 05/08/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2346 since 05/12/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26333), SecurityFocus (BID 17894†), OSVDB (25445†) and Secunia (SA19987†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2346 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2346
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30191
X-Force: 26333 - vpopmail SMTP AUTH and APOP authentication bypass
SecurityFocus: 17894 - Inter7 Vpopmail Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 19987 - vpopmail Cleartext Password Authentication Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 25445 - vpopmail Cleartext Password Authentication Bypass
Vupen: ADV-2006-1698

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/26/2018 08:24
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (63), 07/26/2018 08:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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