Description
Eudora before 5.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, when the 'Use Microsoft Viewer' and 'allow executables in HTML content' options are enabled, via an HTML email message containing Javascript, with ActiveX controls and malicious code within IMG tags.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Qualcomm Eudora 5.0.2 - 'Use Microsoft Viewer' Code Execution EDB-20688 · remote · Mar 18, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20010318 feeble.you!dora.exploit mailing-list
- 2490 vdb-entry
- eudora-html-execute-code(6262) vdb-entry