#VU27572 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2020-12397 

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#VU27572 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2020-12397

Published: May 6, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27572
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12397
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of sender email addresses. A remote attacker can spoof an email address using encoded Unicode characters.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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