CVE-2007-1558

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Modified
Published: 16 Apr 2007, 22:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 12:59

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
13/100
CVSS Score
2.6 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
13.42% MEDIUM
13% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Apr 2007, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 12:59
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The APOP protocol allows remote attackers to guess the first 3 characters of a password via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks that use crafted message IDs and MD5 collisions. NOTE: this design-level issue potentially affects all products that use APOP, including (1) Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, (2) Evolution, (3) mutt, (4) fetchmail before 6.3.8, (5) SeaMonkey 1.0.x before 1.0.9 and 1.1.x before 1.1.2, (6) Balsa 2.3.16 and earlier, (7) Mailfilter before 0.8.2, and possibly other products.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 13.42%• Percentile: 94%

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