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CVE-2021-38542CWE-77

Apache James vulnerable to STARTTLS command injection (IMAP and POP3)

3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 2.3%
exploitation probability
2.3%top 17% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Apache James prior to release 3.6.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. This can result in Man-in -the-middle command injection attacks, leading potentially to leakage of sensible information.