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UoW IMAP Server LSUB Buffer Overflow

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UoW IMAP Server LSUB Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
04/16/2000
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in the 'LSUB' command of the University of Washington IMAP service. This vulnerability can only be exploited with a valid username and password.

Author(s)

  • aushack <patrick@osisecurity.com.au>
  • jduck <jduck@metasploit.com>

Platform

Linux

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/imap/imap_uw_lsub
msf exploit(imap_uw_lsub) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(imap_uw_lsub) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(imap_uw_lsub) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(imap_uw_lsub) > exploit

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