CVE-2024-55929
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 · uneditedA mail spoofing vulnerability in Xerox Workplace Suite allows attackers to forge email headers, making it appear as though messages are sent from trusted sources.
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 · moderate confidenceA mail spoofing vulnerability in Xerox Workplace Suite allows attackers to forge email headers, enabling phishing attacks where emails appear to originate from trusted internal sources. The vulnerability likely stems from insufficient validation of email header fields during message processing, allowing injection of arbitrary sender addresses.
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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< 5.6.701.9CVSS 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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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 Xerox Workplace Suite versionAccess the Xerox Workplace Suite admin console or check the software installation details to determine the exact version number installed in your environment.Affected if The installed version is lower than 5.6.701.9 (for example, 5.6.500.0 or any version in the 5.6.x line before 5.6.701.9).
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Confirm email processing module is activeLocate the email relay or mail processing configuration within the Xerox Workplace Suite admin interface and verify that the email gateway/relay functionality is enabled.Affected if The email processing, relay, or mail gateway module is turned on and the system is accepting or forwarding incoming email messages.
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Review email header validation settingsExamine the mail server configuration or security settings within Xerox Workplace Suite for any options related to sender address validation, header sanitization, or email authentication enforcement.Affected if Header validation is disabled, set to permissive, or missing explicit checks for the From/Sender fields in email headers.
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Inspect recent mail logs for anomaliesCheck the Xerox Workplace Suite mail logs for entries showing unusual sender addresses, header manipulation attempts, or messages with mismatched envelope sender versus header From addresses.Affected if Logs contain messages with forged or inconsistent sender addresses that were processed without rejection.
You are affected if your Xerox Workplace Suite version is below 5.6.701.9 and the email processing or relay module is actively handling mail without strict header validation.
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 data5.6.701.9
Implement proper email header validation and enforce email authentication protocols (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) on the mail gateway to prevent spoofed emails from being accepted.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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