Vulnerability CVE-2019-20634


Published: 2020-03-30

Description:
An issue was discovered in Proofpoint Email Protection through 2019-09-08. By collecting scores from Proofpoint email headers, it is possible to build a copy-cat Machine Learning Classification model and extract insights from this model. The insights gathered allow an attacker to craft emails that receive preferable scores, with a goal of delivering malicious emails.

Type:

CWE-20

(Improper Input Validation)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Proofpoint -> Email protection 

 References:
https://github.com/moohax/Proof-Pudding
https://github.com/moohax/Talks/blob/master/slides/DerbyCon19.pdf

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