CVE-2017-12843

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Published Aug 22, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted (1) SYNCAPPLY, (2) SYNCGET or (3) SYNCRESTORE command.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cyrusimap:cyrus_imap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4380	Cyrus IMAP before 3.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted (1) SYNCAPPLY, (2) SYNCGET or (3) SYNCRESTORE command.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.227% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/53c4137bd924b954432c6c59da7572c4c5ffa901
https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/commit/5edadcfb83bf27107578830801817f9e6d0ad941
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6M32R5QPCCNT57BVH3NPV5WVJFSTDP7Q/
https://www.cyrusimap.org/imap/download/release-notes/3.0/x/3.0.3.html

History

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Subscriptions

Cyrusimap Cyrus Imap

Fedoraproject Fedora

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 6:51 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 22, 2017, 2:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 6:51 PM
Reserved: Aug 14, 2017, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:04 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 22, 2017, 2:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:04 AM

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