CVE-2015-8542 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Open-Xchange Guard before version 2.2.0-rev8. An attacker could exploit the "getprivkeybyid" API call by iterating user and context IDs with a hashed password, allowing them to download other users' PGP private keys. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 8.8), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:open-xchange:ox_guard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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