Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver 4.2 Control Service Password memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver 4.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Control Service. Such manipulation of the argument Password leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-1073. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38126 (Atrium Software Mercur Mail Server Control-Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

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 X-Force (9618), Exploit-DB (21626), SecurityFocus (BID 5261†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4596†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

07/18/2002 🔍
10/04/2002 +78 days 🔍
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06/21/2004 +626 days 🔍
07/29/2014 +3690 days 🔍
09/09/2025 +4060 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1073 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1073
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18986
X-Force: 9618 - MERCUR Mailserver Control-Service login buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 5261 - MERCUR Mailserver Control-Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4596 - Buffer Overflow in MERCUR Mailserver 4.2 Allows Execution of Arbitrary Code, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 17:46
Updated: 09/09/2025 06:00
Changes: 07/29/2014 17:46 (64), 05/22/2019 14:51 (1), 05/24/2025 16:03 (21), 09/09/2025 06:00 (3)
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