FKIE_CVE-2005-1753

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:13
Severity
Summary
ReadMessage.jsp in JavaMail API 1.1.3 through 1.3, as used by Apache Tomcat 5.0.16, allows remote attackers to view other users' e-mail attachments via a direct request to /mailboxesdir/username@domainname. NOTE: Sun and Apache dispute this issue. Sun states: "The report makes references to source code and files that do not exist in the mentioned products.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111697083812367&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111697083812367&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun javamail 1.1.3
sun javamail 1.2
sun javamail 1.3
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:13:37.537",
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