What is CVE-2015-9278?

CVE-2015-9278 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mailenable, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2015-9278?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mailenable

CVE-2015-9278

MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB after a password-change request.

EPSS: 0.025 (82.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mailenable
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9278?: CVE-2015-9278 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mailenable, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2015-9278?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.