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CVE-2008-6984

N/A
Published: August 18, 2009 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPlesk

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/51652
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495881
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30956
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020801
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44856

CVSS

5.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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