CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-6984
5.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-08-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
Plesk 8.6.0, when short mail login names (SHORTNAMES) are enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and send spam e-mail via a message with (1) a base64-encoded username that begins with a valid shortname, or (2) a username that matches a valid password, as demonstrated using (a) SMTP and qmail, and (b) Courier IMAP and POP3.
Affected configurations
• parallels plesk 8.6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/51652 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495881 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30956 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020801 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44856 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/51652 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495881 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30956 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020801 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44856 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com