CVE-2021-38372

Public Exploit

Description

In KDE Trojita 0.7, man-in-the-middle attackers can create new folders because untagged responses from an IMAP server are accepted before STARTTLS.

Category

3.7
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.52%
Vendor Advisory kde.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://nostarttls.secvuln.info third party advisory exploit
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432353 vendor advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-38372?
CVE-2021-38372 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-38372?
To fix CVE-2021-38372, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-38372 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2021-38372 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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