Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1218

Public exploit exists!
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
Published 2008-03-10 23:44:00
Updated 2018-10-11 20:30:09
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2008-1218

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1218

EPSS FAQ
16.66%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 94 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1218

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.8
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-1218

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-1218

  • Red Hat 2008-03-12
    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of Dovecot as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5.

References for CVE-2008-1218

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