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CVE-2007-6598

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6598 describes a vulnerability in Dovecot versions prior to 1.0.10, where a misconfigured LDAP+auth cache, particularly when using %variables, could allow remote authenticated users to log in as a different user sharing the same password. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness and limited exploitation interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dovecot:dovecot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: dovecot-0:1.0.7-2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6598Low

dovecot LDAP+auth cache user login mixup

Dec 29, 2007

References

dovecot.org / list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html
dovecot.org / list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
osvdb.org / 39876
secunia.com / advisories/28227
secunia.com / advisories/28271
secunia.com / advisories/28404
secunia.com / advisories/28434
secunia.com / advisories/30342
secunia.com / advisories/32151
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2076
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1457
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27093
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-567-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0017