CVE-2011-2736
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedRSA enVision 4.x before 4 SP4 P3 places cleartext administrative credentials in Task Escalation e-mail messages, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network or leveraging access to a recipient mailbox.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceRSA enVision 4.x before 4 SP4 P3 stores and transmits administrative credentials in cleartext within Task Escalation e-mail messages, allowing network sniffers or unauthorized mailbox readers to capture privileged credentials.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 4.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify RSA enVision installation and versionLocate the RSA enVision installation directory and check the version information, typically found in the product's about or version dialog, or check installed programs listingAffected if Version is 4.x before 4 SP4 P3 (including 4.0)
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Determine if Task Escalation email feature is enabledAccess the RSA enVision administrative console and navigate to the Task Escalation or notification configuration settings to verify if email notifications are configured and activeAffected if Task Escalation email notifications are enabled and configured with administrative credentials
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Verify email notification configuration for credential storageInspect the Task Escalation email configuration settings within the administrative interface to determine if administrative credentials are stored in cleartext for SMTP authenticationAffected if Administrative credentials are stored in plain text for email notification delivery
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Check email notification delivery settingsReview the email notification delivery method in Task Escalation settings to confirm it transmits credentials without encryptionAffected if Email notifications are configured to send without SSL/TLS encryption
A user is affected if they are running RSA enVision version 4.x before 4 SP4 P3 and have Task Escalation email notifications enabled with administrative credentials configured for notification delivery.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to RSA enVision 4 SP4 P3 or later, which addresses the cleartext credential handling in email notifications. If upgrade is not feasible, disable Task Escalation emails and implement alternative secure notification mechanisms.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2011-2736 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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