CVE-2006-0925

Mdaemon vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

Format string vulnerability in the IMAP4rev1 server in Alt-N MDaemon 8.1.1 and possibly 8.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by creating and then listing folders whose names contain format string specifiers.

Affected vendor

Alt N

Affected product

Mdaemon

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2006-02-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Alt N Mdaemon is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0925.
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