CRITICAL
MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB after a password-change request
Published Jan 16, 2019
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.48%
Description
MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB after a password-change request.
Affected products
No data.
- < 8.60
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.48% 0.02480
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02480
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.48% (0.02480) | 84.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.48% (0.02480) | 82.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.26% (0.00260) | 47.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00325) | 71.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00325) | 70.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 68.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 66.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00348) | 67.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable.pdf x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/ x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt | x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable.pdf | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/ | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 16, 2019
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 16, 2019
Link CVE-2015-9278
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a