Vulnerability in Alt-N Mdaemon
CVE-2006-5968
MDaemon 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.51, and 9.53, and possibly other versions, installs the MDaemon application folder with insecure permissions (Users create files/directories), which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating malicious RASAPI32.DLL or MPRAPI.DLL libraries in the MDaemon\APP folder, which is an untrusted search path element due to insecure permissions.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Alt-N Mdaemon — versions 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.51
References
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-67/advisory/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4538 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451821/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/21554 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30331 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1890 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)