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CVE-2012-1103

emacs/notmuch-mua.el in Notmuch before 0.11.1, when using the Emacs interface, allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted MML tags, which are not properly quoted in an email reply cna cause the files to be attached to the message.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-1103 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from notmuchmail, from gnu organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-09-25T23:55:01.923

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	≤ 0.11	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.1	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.1.1	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.2	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.3	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.3.1	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.4	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.5	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.6	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.6	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.6	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.6.1	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.7	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.7	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.8	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.8	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.8	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.9	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.9	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.9	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.10	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.10	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.10	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.10.1	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.10.2	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.11	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.11	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.11	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.11	Yes
Application	notmuchmail	notmuch	0.11	Yes
Application	gnu	emacs	-	No

References

http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/blobdiff/3f2050ac221a4c940c12442f156f12fff11600c6..ae438ccd8c77831158c7c30f19710d798ee4a6b4:/emacs/notmuch-mua.el Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://notmuchmail.org/news/release-0.11.1/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48139 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2416 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/04/5 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/6 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52155 ([email protected])
http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/blobdiff/3f2050ac221a4c940c12442f156f12fff11600c6..ae438ccd8c77831158c7c30f19710d798ee4a6b4:/emacs/notmuch-mua.el Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://notmuchmail.org/news/release-0.11.1/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48139 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2416 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/04/5 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/6 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52155 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For notmuchmail's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.