CVE-2008-1218
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 7.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Dovecot 1.0.x before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.rc3, when using blocking passdbs, allows remote attackers to bypass the password check via a password containing TAB characters, which are treated as argument delimiters that enable the skip_password_check field to be specified.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Dovecot IMAP 1.0.10 < 1.1rc2 - Remote Email Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5257remote, multiplepublished 14 Mar 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5257 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
21
- GLSA-200803-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 29295 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- dovecot-tab-authentication-bypass(41085) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5257 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 29557 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0108 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-593-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2475 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 29364 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2341 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Dovecot-news] 20080309 Security hole #6: Some passdbs allowed users to log in without a valid password (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [Dovecot-news] 20080309 v1.0.13 and v1.1.rc3 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 29226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080312 rPSA-2008-0108-1 dovecot (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32151 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29385 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2464 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 28181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29396 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1227 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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