Medium severity · published Oct 17, 2022
CVE-2022-39052
DoS attack using email
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An external attacker is able to send a specially crafted email (with many recipients) and trigger a potential DoS of the system
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OC
((OTRS)) Community Edition · OTRS AG
6.0.1 before 6.0.x* · source: vendor
OT
OTRS · OTRS AG
7.0.x through 7.0.39; 8.0.x through 8.0.26 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39052
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39052
Vendor Advisory
https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2022-13/
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