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CVE-2015-9278

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB after a password-change request.

Affected products

• MailEnable: before 8.60 — fixed in 8.60

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MailEnable 8.60. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt
• https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable.pdf
• https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt
• https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable.pdf
• https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/

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