CVE-2015-9278

MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB after a password-change request.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable.pdf	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-01-16 08:29

Updated : 2019-01-31 17:50

NVD link : CVE-2015-9278

Mitre link : CVE-2015-9278

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors

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Products Affected

mailenable

mailenable

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