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Qualcomm Eudora Hidden Attachment Execution Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1287

Synopsis

The remote host may allow attackers to run arbitrary code

Description

The remote host is running a version of the Eudora mail client that may contain a vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host even if 'allow executables in HTML content' is disabled, if the 'Use Microsoft Viewer' is enabled.

Solution

Disable the 'Use Microsoft Viewer' option.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1287

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:qualcomm:eudora

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0365

BID: 2490