Description
Format string vulnerability in webmail.exe in NetWin SurgeMail 38k4 and earlier and beta 39a, and WebMail 3.1s and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the page parameter.
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
- Surgemail and WebMail 3.0 - 'Page' Remote Format String EDB-31300 · dos · Feb 25, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 3705 third-party-advisory
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgemailz-adv.txt
- 29137 third-party-advisory
- 29105 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-0678 vdb-entry
- 1019500 vdb-entry
- 20080225 Format string and buffer-overflow in SurgeMail 38k4 mailing-list
- surgemail-webmail-format-string(40833) vdb-entry
- 27990 vdb-entry