MailEnable Professional Edition/Enterprise Edition IMAP Service memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailEnable Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component IMAP Service. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2501. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MailEnable Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition (Mail Server Software) (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the component IMAP 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 the IMAP service of MailEnable Professional Edition 1.52 and Enterprise Edition 1.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long command string or (2) a long string to the MEIMAP service and then terminating the connection.

The weakness was published 11/25/2004 by Nima Majidi, idespinner and class101 with Hat-Squad (Website). The advisory is shared at hat-squad.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2501 since 10/25/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at saintcorporation.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15852 (MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Remote Buffer Overflows), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context r.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3454.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18285), Exploit-DB (658), Tenable (15852), SecurityFocus (BID 11755†) and OSVDB (12135†). Similar entry is available at VDB-82205. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploitinginfo

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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Nessus ID: 15852
Nessus Name: MailEnable IMAP Server Multiple Remote Buffer Overflows
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OpenVAS ID: 15852
OpenVAS Name: MailEnable IMAP Service Remote Buffer Overflows
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Saint ID: exploit_info/mailenable_imap_command
Saint Name: MailEnable IMAP command buffer overflow

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hat-squad.com
Researcher: Nima Majidi, idespinner, class101
Organization: Hat-Squad
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2501 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2501
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23385
X-Force: 18285
SecurityFocus: 11755 - MailEnable IMAP Service Multiple Remote Pre-Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13318
OSVDB: 12135 - MailEnable IMAP Remote Stack Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1012327
Vulnerability Center: 5672 - MailEnable 1.5a-d Allows DoS, Medium

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

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 09/12/2025 15:20
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (87), 07/09/2019 07:54 (5), 09/12/2025 15:20 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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