Enigmail
CVE-2019-14664
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V12 - Secure Communication Transport encryption
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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In Enigmail below 2.1, an attacker in possession of PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-319. In Enigmail below 2.1, an attacker in possession of PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. The encrypted part(s) can further be hidden using HTML/CSS or ASCII newline characters. This modified multipart email can be re-sent by the attacker to the intended receiver. If the receiver replies to this (benign looking) email, he unknowingly leaks the plaintext of the encrypted message part(s) back to the attacker. This attack variant bypasses protection mechanisms implemented after the "EFAIL" attacks. Affected products include: Enigmail, Fedoraproject Fedora.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
In Enigmail below 2.1, an attacker in possession of PGP encrypted emails can wrap them as sub-parts within a crafted multipart email. The encrypted part(s) can further be hidden using HTML/CSS or ASCII newline characters. This modified multipart email can be re-sent by the attacker to the intended receiver. If the receiver replies to this (benign looking) email, he unknowingly leaks the plaintext of the encrypted message part(s) back to the attacker. This attack variant bypasses protection mechanisms implemented after the "EFAIL" attacks.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Enigmail before 2.0.11 allows PGP signature spoofing: for an inline PGP message, an attacker can cause the product to di
The signature verification routine in Enigmail before 2.0.7 interprets user ids as status/control messages and does not
Enigmail 1.7.x before 1.7.2 sends emails in plaintext when encryption is enabled and only BCC recipients are specified,
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely explo
An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9 that allows remote attackers to trigger use of an intended public key f
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