CVE-2016-4460 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apache Pony Mail 0.6c through 0.8b allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Published: 2017-08-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:pony_mail:0.6c:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:pony_mail:0.7b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:pony_mail:0.8b:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5449	Apache Pony Mail 0.6c through 0.8b allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01075.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://markmail.org/message/jy7o23cppny26icu
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100449

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apache Pony Mail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-08-22T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.404Z

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4460

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-22T18:29:00.340

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-4460

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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