CVE-2024-50624

Oct. 30, 2024, 9:35 p.m.

5.9
Medium

Description

ispdbservice.cpp in KDE Kmail before 6.2.0 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger use of an attacker-controlled mail server because cleartext HTTP is used for a URL such as http://autoconfig.example.com or http://example.com/.well-known/autoconfig for retrieving the configuration. This is related to kmail-account-wizard.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
KDE Kmail
  • ['before 6.2.0']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-319
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

References

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487882
https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail-account-wizard/-/commit/9784f5ab41c3aff435d4a88afb25585180a62ee4
https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail/-/tags
https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/

Tags

cve@mitre.org
CWE-319
2024-10-28
CVE-2024-50624

CVSS Score

5.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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Timeline

Published: Oct. 28, 2024, 12:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 30, 2024, 9:35 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

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