Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP service (MEIMAPS.EXE) in MailEnable Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition 3.13 and earlier allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the (1) FETCH, (2) EXAMINE, and (3) UNSUBSCRIBE 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
- MailEnable Professional/Enterprise 3.13 - 'Fetch' (Authenticated) Remote Buffer Overflow EDB-5249 · remote · Mar 14, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 29277 third-party-advisory
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/maildisable-adv.txt
- 5249 exploit
- ADV-2008-0799 vdb-entry
- 3724 third-party-advisory
- 20080307 Multiple vulnerabilities in MailEnable Professional/Enterprise 3.13 mailing-list
- 1019565 vdb-entry
- 28145 vdb-entry
- mailenable-imapservice-bo(41058) vdb-entry