CVE-2005-2931 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in the SMTP service in IMail Server 8.20 in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) before 2.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers to the (1) EXPN, (2) MAIL, (3) MAIL FROM, and (4) RCPT TO commands.

Published: 2005-12-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 16.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail_server:8.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ipswitch_collaboration_suite:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ipswitch_collaboration_suite:2.01:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16725.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17863
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015317
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=346&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im822.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15752
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2782

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.04402}`	epss `{'score': 0.41337}`

Subscriptions

Ipswitch Imail Server Ipswitch Collaboration Suite

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-07T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.797Z

Reserved: 2005-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2931

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-07T01:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2931

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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