Nevis Systems All-Mail 1.1 MAIL FROM/RCPT TO memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Nevis Systems All-Mail 1.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component MAIL FROM/RCPT TO Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2000-0985. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nevis Systems All-Mail 1.1 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component MAIL FROM/RCPT TO Handler. The manipulation 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 All-Mail 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long "MAIL FROM" or "RCPT TO" command.

The weakness was released 12/19/2000 with @stake (Website). The advisory is shared for download at atstake.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0985. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/08/2025).

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 databases at Exploit-DB (20287) and SecurityFocus (BID 1789†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

10/12/2000 🔍
12/19/2000 +68 days 🔍
12/19/2000 +0 days 🔍
07/02/2014 +4943 days 🔍
06/08/2025 +3994 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: atstake.com
Organization: @stake
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0985 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0985
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16196
SecurityFocus: 1789 - All-Mail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 11:14
Updated: 06/08/2025 23:16
Changes: 07/02/2014 11:14 (47), 05/28/2018 09:18 (7), 06/08/2025 23:16 (20)
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