CVE-2006-2036 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

iOpus Secure Email Attachments (SEA), probably 1.0, does not properly handle passwords that consist of repetitions of a substring, which allows attackers to decrypt files by entering only the substring.

Published: 2006-04-26

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:iopus:secure_email_attachments:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2037	iOpus Secure Email Attachments (SEA), probably 1.0, does not properly handle passwords that consist of repetitions of a substring, which allows attackers to decrypt files by entering only the substring.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00093.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/19771
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015980
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431904/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431989/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17656
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26266

History

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Subscriptions

Iopus Secure Email Attachments

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:35:31.102Z

Reserved: 2006-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2036

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-26T00:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:24:13.063

Link: CVE-2006-2036

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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