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SpamAssassin spamd Remote Command Execution

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Disclosed
Jun 6, 2006
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a flaw in the SpamAssassin spamd service by specifying
a malicious vpopmail User header, when running with vpopmail and paranoid
modes enabled (non-default). Versions prior to v3.1.3 are vulnerable

Author

aushack [email protected]

Platform

Unix

Architectures

cmd

References

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/unix/misc/spamassassin_exec
    msf exploit(spamassassin_exec) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(spamassassin_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(spamassassin_exec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(spamassassin_exec) > exploit
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