Description
Eudora 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and possibly execute arbitrary code via attachments with names containing a trailing "." (dot).
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 2
- Qualcomm Eudora 5/6 - File Attachment Spoofing (1) EDB-21695 · remote · Aug 8, 2002 · verified
- Qualcomm Eudora 5/6 - File Attachment Spoofing (2) EDB-21696 · remote · Aug 8, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 5432 vdb-entry
- 20020807 Eudora attachment spoof mailing-list
- http://www.eudora.com/download/eudora/windows/5.2/RelNotes.txt