CVE-2005-3402 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 BETA, 1.0.7, and potentially other versions, where the SMTP client fails to alert users when a secure channel cannot be established with the server. This oversight enables remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, bypassing TLS or downgrading CRAM-MD5 authentication to plain text, thereby exposing authentication credentials. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.