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CVE-2005-3691

5.0 · MEDIUM

Directory traversal vulnerability in the IMAP service (meimaps.exe) of MailEnable Professional 1.6 and earlier and Enterprise 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or rename arbitrary m…

Published Nov 19, 2005mailenableEPSS 1.92%

Overview

CVE-2005-3691 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting mailenable mailenable_enterprise. It was published on November 19, 2005 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the IMAP service (meimaps.exe) of MailEnable Professional 1.6 and earlier and Enterprise 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to create or rename arbitrary mail directories via the mailbox name argument of the (1) create or (2) rename commands.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mailenable. Update mailenable_enterprise to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
mailenablemailenable_professional0Affected

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-3691?

CVE-2005-3691 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting mailenable mailenable_enterprise. It was published on November 19, 2005 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2005-3691?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2005-3691?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mailenable. Update mailenable_enterprise to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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