Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2000/2002/2003 POP3 Service pop3trap.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2000/2002/2003. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file pop3trap.exe of the component POP3 Service. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-1349. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2000/2002/2003. This affects an unknown code block of the file pop3trap.exe of the component POP3 Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in pop3trap.exe for PC-cillin 2000, 2002, and 2003 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long input string to TCP port 110 (POP3).

The weakness was disclosed 12/18/2002 by Christer Oberg with Texonet as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1349. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

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 (10814), Exploit-DB (22082) and SecurityFocus (BID 6350†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/10/2002 🔍
12/18/2002 +8 days 🔍
12/18/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/31/2014 +4243 days 🔍
07/13/2025 +4000 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Christer Oberg
Organization: Texonet
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-1349 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1349
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19227
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X-Force: 10814 - Trend Micro PC-cillin and OfficeScan pop3trap.exe buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 6350 - Trend Micro PC-cillin Mail Scanner Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2014 17:14
Updated: 07/13/2025 08:45
Changes: 07/31/2014 17:14 (52), 06/09/2018 11:00 (7), 12/15/2024 20:23 (17), 07/13/2025 08:45 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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