Description
Format string vulnerability in MailEnable 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the mailto field.
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
- MailEnable 1.8 - Remote Format String Denial of Service EDB-887 · dos · Mar 17, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20050317 See-security Advisory: Format string vulnerability in MailEnable 1.8 mailing-list
- 14627 third-party-advisory
- 12833 vdb-entry