Eudora Base64 Attachment authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Eudora. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Base64 Attachment Handler. This manipulation causes authentication spoofing. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Eudora (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Base64 Attachment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The bug was discovered 07/06/2004. The weakness was released 07/06/2004 by Paul Szabo (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (16635), Exploit-DB (572), SecurityFocus (BID 10671†) and OSVDB (7869†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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04/12/2016 +4290 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Paul Szabo
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82111
X-Force: 16635
SecurityFocus: 10671 - Qualcomm Eudora MIME Attachment Spoofing Vulnerability
OSVDB: 7869 - Eudora Base64 Attachment Spoofing

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

Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2016 12:37
Updated: 10/04/2018 16:22
Changes: 04/12/2016 12:37 (42), 10/04/2018 16:22 (8)
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