University of Washington imapd 4.7 LIST Command memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in University of Washington imapd 4.7. This affects an unknown part of the component LIST Command Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2000-0284. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in University of Washington imapd 4.7 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component LIST Command Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in University of Washington imapd version 4.7 allows users with a valid account to execute commands via LIST or other commands.

The weakness was disclosed 04/16/2000 by Michal Zalewski as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0284. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at packetstormsecurity.org. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10374 (UoW imapd (UW-IMAP) Multiple Command Remote Overflows (2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 50012 (University Of Washington imapd Buffer Overflow in the LIST command).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1845. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1363.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4338), Exploit-DB (253), Tenable (10374), SecurityFocus (BID 1110†) and OSVDB (12037†). The entry VDB-14001 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Programming Language: 🔍
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 10374
Nessus Name: UoW imapd (UW-IMAP) Multiple Command Remote Overflows (2)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

MetaSploit ID: imap_uw_lsub.rb
MetaSploit Name: UoW IMAP Server LSUB Buffer Overflow
MetaSploit File: 🔍

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍
Exploit Delay Time: 🔍
Snort ID: 1845
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-IMAP list literal overflow attempt
Snort Class: 🔍

Suricata ID: 2101904
Suricata Class: 🔍
Suricata Message: 🔍

TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

SourceFire IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

04/16/2000 🔍
04/16/2000 +0 days 🔍
04/16/2000 +0 days 🔍
04/16/2000 +0 days 🔍
04/16/2000 +0 days 🔍
04/18/2000 +2 days 🔍
09/02/2003 +1232 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +219 days 🔍
06/24/2014 +3728 days 🔍
10/17/2025 +4133 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: washington.edu

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0284 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0284
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15457
X-Force: 4338
SecurityFocus: 1110 - Univ. Of Washington imapd Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 12037 - UoW imapd (UW-IMAP) Multiple Command Remote Overflows
Vulnerability Center: 1874 - Buffer Overflow in University of Washington Imapd 4.7, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 11:25
Updated: 10/17/2025 18:26
Changes: 06/24/2014 11:25 (86), 05/12/2019 09:47 (4), 12/14/2024 03:55 (18), 10/17/2025 18:26 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!