Vulnerability CVE-2008-6984


Published: 2009-08-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Plesk 8.6.0, when short mail login names (SHORTNAMES) are enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and send spam e-mail via a message with (1) a base64-encoded username that begins with a valid shortname, or (2) a username that matches a valid password, as demonstrated using (a) SMTP and qmail, and (b) Courier IMAP and POP3.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Plesk 8.6.0 authentication flaw allows to gain virtual user priviledges
Felix Buenemann
21.08.2009

Type:

CWE-287

(Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Parallels -> Plesk 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495881
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30956
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020801
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44856

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