VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-12843
Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted (1) SYNCAPPLY, (2) SYNCGET or (3) SYNCRESTORE command.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted (1) SYNCAPPLY, (2) SYNCGET or (3) SYNCRESTORE command.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.23% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- cyrusimap/cyrus imap · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/53c4137bd924b954432c6c59da7572c4c5ffa901Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/5edadcfb83bf27107578830801817f9e6d0ad941Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6M32R5QPCCNT57BVH3NPV5WVJFSTDP7Q/
- https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.3.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/53c4137bd924b954432c6c59da7572c4c5ffa901Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/5edadcfb83bf27107578830801817f9e6d0ad941Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6M32R5QPCCNT57BVH3NPV5WVJFSTDP7Q/
- https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.3.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.