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Mozilla Thunderbird < 1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (deprecated)
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3258
Synopsis
The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The remote host is running a vulnerable version of Mozilla Thunderbird mail client. This version of Thunderbird is vulnerable to a Man-in-the-middle (MITM) or sniffing vulnerability where an attacker can determine user credentials even when encryption is enabled. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need access to the local network. In addition, the client is vulnerable to a flaw where attackers can spoof attachment types. An attacker exploiting this flaw would craft a malicious email and entice a user to open a seemingly innocuous attachment.Solution
Upgrade to version 1.5 or higher.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 3258
Family: SMTP Clients
Published: 10/14/2005
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:mozilla:thunderbird
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Firefox location.QueryInterface() Code Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-3402, CVE-2005-4134, CVE-2006-0236, CVE-2006-0292, CVE-2006-0293, CVE-2006-0294, CVE-2006-0295, CVE-2006-0296, CVE-2006-0297, CVE-2006-0298, CVE-2006-0299, CVE-2006-0884