7.5
HIGH
CVE-2020-12783
Exim SPA/NTLM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Exim through 4.93 has an out-of-bounds read in the SPA authenticator that could result in SPA/NTLM authentication bypass in auths/spa.c and auths/auth-spa.c.

INFO

Published Date :

May 11, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-12783 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 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Exim exim

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-12783 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-12783 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]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F6IQQ2SERFUD4WMRSX6XYDNK7Q4GPT7Y/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M7Z5UG6ZIG32V7M4PP3BCC65C27EWK7G/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M7Z5UG6ZIG32V7M4PP3BCC65C27EWK7G/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/F6IQQ2SERFUD4WMRSX6XYDNK7Q4GPT7Y/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00017.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/F6IQQ2SERFUD4WMRSX6XYDNK7Q4GPT7Y/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/F6IQQ2SERFUD4WMRSX6XYDNK7Q4GPT7Y/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M7Z5UG6ZIG32V7M4PP3BCC65C27EWK7G/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M7Z5UG6ZIG32V7M4PP3BCC65C27EWK7G/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4366-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4366-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4687 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4687 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M7Z5UG6ZIG32V7M4PP3BCC65C27EWK7G/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/F6IQQ2SERFUD4WMRSX6XYDNK7Q4GPT7Y/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4366-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00017.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4687 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2571 No Types Assigned https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2571 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/57aa14b216432be381b6295c312065b2fd034f86 No Types Assigned https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/57aa14b216432be381b6295c312065b2fd034f86 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/a04174dc2a84ae1008c23b6a7109e7fa3fb7b8b0 No Types Assigned https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commit/a04174dc2a84ae1008c23b6a7109e7fa3fb7b8b0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.93
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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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.25 }} -0.00%

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0.65781

percentile

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