CVE-2013-6171
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.46%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 73
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-287
Referencias
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
- http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54808
- http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/
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