5.8
CVE-2013-6171
- EPSS 0.25%
- Published 09.12.2013 16:36:47
- Last modified 11.04.2025 00:51:21
- Source cve@mitre.org
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checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
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EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.25% | 0.479 |
Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
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nvd@nist.gov | 5.8 | 8.6 | 4.9 |
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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CWE-287 Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.