Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the news reader for Microsoft Outlook Express (MSOE.DLL) 5.5 SP2, 6, and 6 SP1 allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a LIST response with a long second 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.
Metasploit 1 module
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MS05-030 Microsoft Outlook Express NNTP Response Parsing Buffer Overflow
exploit/windows/nntp/ms05_030_nntp
Exploit-DB 2
- Microsoft Outlook Express - NNTP Response Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS05-030) (Metasploit) EDB-16379 · remote · May 9, 2010 · verified
- Microsoft Outlook Express - NNTP Buffer Overflow (MS05-030) EDB-1066 · remote · Jun 24, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- MS05-030 vendor-advisory
- 13951 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:989 vdb-entry signature
- VU#130614 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1088 vdb-entry signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:167 vdb-entry signature
- 20050614 Microsoft Outlook Express NNTP Response Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 1014200 vdb-entry