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KDE KMail HTML Email Information Spoofing

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2811

Synopsis

The remote host is running a vulnerable email client.

Description

The remote client is running Kmail, an email client for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. This version is vulnerable to a content-parsing flaw within the HTML handlers. Specifically, a client with HTML enabled may be sent a malicious email that is able to overlap portions of the displayed email. This can be used to convince users to perform web-based tasks that have unexpected results.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2811

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 4/11/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:W/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:kmail:kmail

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0404

BID: 13085