7.4
HIGH
CVE-2020-13163
"Empathy IMAP SSL Hostname Verification Bypass"
Description

em-imap 0.5 uses the library eventmachine in an insecure way that allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against users of the library. The hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified.

INFO

Published Date :

May 19, 2020, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-13163 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 Em-imap_project em-imap
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-2020-13163.

URL Resource
https://github.com/ConradIrwin/em-imap/issues/25 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-095-conradirwin-em-imap Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ConradIrwin/em-imap/issues/25 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-095-conradirwin-em-imap Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-13163 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-13163 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/ConradIrwin/em-imap/issues/25
    Added Reference https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-095-conradirwin-em-imap
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Mar. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-095-conradirwin-em-imap No Types Assigned https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-095-conradirwin-em-imap Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-095-conradirwin-em-imap [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ConradIrwin/em-imap/issues/25 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ConradIrwin/em-imap/issues/25 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-295
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:em-imap_project:em-imap:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-13163 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-13163 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.12 }} -0.05%

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0.28143

percentile

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