5.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2013-6171
Dovecot Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 9, 2013, 4:36 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 16, 2018, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-6171 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Dovecot dovecot
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2013-6171.

URL Resource
http://cpanel.net/tsr-2013-0010-full-disclosure/
http://secunia.com/advisories/54808 Vendor Advisory
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/CheckPassword#Security
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html Patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-6171 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3556-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2013

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.19 }} -0.08%

score

0.56105

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability