CVE-2008-2049

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The POP3 server (EPSTPOP3S.EXE) 4.22 in E-Post Mail Server 4.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via multiple crafted APOP commands for a known POP3 account, which displays the password in a POP3 error message.

Affected products

E-Post Corporation Mail Server: 4.10, enterprise_4.10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29990
http://vuln.sg/epostmailserver410-en.html
http://www.e-postinc.jp/Mail_Server.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28951
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019930
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1389/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42035
http://secunia.com/advisories/29990
http://vuln.sg/epostmailserver410-en.html
http://www.e-postinc.jp/Mail_Server.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28951
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019930

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