VulnerabilityModified
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.48%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.48% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- mailenable/mailenable
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/Third Party Advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.