Vulnerability in Enigmail
CVE-2014-5369
Enigmail 1.7.x before 1.7.2 sends emails in plaintext when encryption is enabled and only BCC recipients are specified, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Enigmail — versions 1.7, 1.7.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60779 (third-party-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/forum/support/thread/3e7268a4/
- secunia.com/advisories/60887 (third-party-advisory)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (vendor-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/294/ (Patch)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/22/1 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/18/2 (mailing-list, Exploit)