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MailEnable IMAPD W3C Logging Buffer Overflow

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Disclosed
Oct 3, 2005
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in the W3C logging
functionality of the MailEnable IMAPD service. Logging is
not enabled by default and this exploit requires a valid
username and password to exploit the flaw. MailEnable
Professional version 1.6 and prior and MailEnable Enterprise
version 1.1 and prior are affected.

Author

MC [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/imap/mailenable_w3c_select
    msf exploit(mailenable_w3c_select) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(mailenable_w3c_select) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(mailenable_w3c_select) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(mailenable_w3c_select) > exploit
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