| CVE-2013-6171 | Date: (C)2013-12-09 (M)2023-12-22 |
checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 5.8 |
| Exploit Score: 8.6 |
| Impact Score: 4.9 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Authentication: NONE |
| Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
| Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Availability: NONE |
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