Description
IMAP server in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 3.5.6 allows a local user to cause a denial of service (hang) via long (1) SELECT or (2) EXAMINE commands.
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
- Alt-N MDaemon 3.5.6/5.0.7/6.x - IMAP Denial of Service EDB-20696 · dos · Mar 23, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- mdaemon-imap-command-dos(6279) vdb-entry
- 20010325 MDaemon IMAP Denial Of Service mailing-list
- 2508 vdb-entry