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MailEnable Authorization Header Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Apr 24, 2005
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in the MailEnable web service.
The vulnerability is triggered when a large value is placed into the Authorization
header of the web request. MailEnable Enterprise Edition versions prior to 1.0.5 and
MailEnable Professional versions prior to 1.55 are affected.

Author

David Maciejak [email protected]

Platform

Windows

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/windows/http/mailenable_auth_header
    msf exploit(mailenable_auth_header) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(mailenable_auth_header) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(mailenable_auth_header) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(mailenable_auth_header) > exploit
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