CVE-2008-6984 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2008-6984

Plesk 8.6.0, when short mail login names (SHORTNAMES) are enabled,...

Vulnerability Description

Plesk 8.6.0, when short mail login names (SHORTNAMES) are enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and send spam e-mail via a message with (1) a base64-encoded username that begins with a valid shortname, or (2) a username that matches a valid password, as demonstrated using (a) SMTP and qmail, and (b) Courier IMAP and POP3.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2008-6984

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from parallels

View All →
CVE-2022-40870
The Web Client of Parallels Remote Application Server v18.0 is...
Unknown 0
CVE-2022-30777
Parallels H-Sphere 3.6.1713 allows XSS via the index_en.php from parameter....
Medium 6.1
CVE-2020-7213
Parallels 13 uses cleartext HTTP as part of the update...
High 7.5
CVE-2020-35710
Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) 18 allows remote attackers to...
Medium 5.3
CVE-2020-15860
Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) 17.1.1 has a Business Logic...
Critical 9.9

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

plesk
Vulnerable Versions:
8.6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 18th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.