Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver 4.2 Control Service Password memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver 4.2 (Mail Server Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Control Service. The manipulation of the argument Password
with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in the control service for MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password.
The weakness was released 10/04/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1073. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9618).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timeline
07/18/2002 🔍10/04/2002 🔍
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07/29/2014 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-1073 (🔍)
X-Force: 9618 - MERCUR Mailserver Control-Service login buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 4596 - Buffer Overflow in MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 Allows Execution of Arbitrary Code, High
SecurityFocus: 5261 - MERCUR Mailserver Control-Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 07/29/2014 17:46Updated: 05/22/2019 14:51
Changes: 07/29/2014 17:46 (64), 05/22/2019 14:51 (1)
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