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CVE-2013-6171

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD

checkpassword-reply in Dovecot before 2.2.7 performs setuid operations to a user who is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response to the dovecot-auth server.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-287
EPSS score
1.5% (74th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2013-6000)
Published
December 9, 2013
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6000 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • dovecot / dovecot
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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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