MailEnable 1.5/1.6/1.7 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailEnable 1.5/1.6/1.7 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2727. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MailEnable 1.5/1.6/1.7 (Mail Server Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in MEHTTPS (HTTPMail) of MailEnable Professional 1.5 through 1.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long HTTP GET request.

The weakness was shared 05/11/2004 by Behrang Fouladi with Hat-Squad (Website). The advisory is available at hat-squad.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2727 since 10/08/2007. 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 exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14656 (MailEnable Professional HTTPMail GET Request Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16115), Exploit-DB (24103), Tenable (14656), SecurityFocus (BID 10312†) and OSVDB (6037†). The entries VDB-23593, VDB-82013 and VDB-90806 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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: 14656
Nessus Name: MailEnable Professional HTTPMail GET Request Remote Overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 14656
OpenVAS Name: MailEnable HTTPMail Service GET Overflow Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/09/2004 🔍
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05/11/2004 +1 days 🔍
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09/03/2004 +114 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +119 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +2710 days 🔍
07/28/2025 +3793 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hat-squad.com
Researcher: Behrang Fouladi
Organization: Hat-Squad
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2727 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2727
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23594
X-Force: 16115
SecurityFocus: 10312 - MailEnable Mail Server HTTPMail Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 11588 - MailEnable Professional HTTPMail Service Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 6037 - MailEnable Professional HTTPMail GET Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1010107
Vulnerability Center: 5319
Vupen: ADV-2005-0383

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

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 07/28/2025 06:47
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (75), 04/23/2019 09:53 (2), 06/24/2024 12:21 (17), 07/28/2025 06:47 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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