Vulnerability CVE-2014-8878
Published: 2017-09-27   Modified: 2017-09-28

Description:
KDE KMail does not encrypt attachments in emails when "automatic encryption" is enabled, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
KDE -> Kmail 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/16/10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75986
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340312
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243777
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